#4993BC#4993BC

#4993BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.096 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4993BC
RGB	rgb(73, 147, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -10.59, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 30.14, 249.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0546 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.096 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2550, 25.9126, 51.3960)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4993BC #BC7249

analogous

#49BCAB #4993BC #4959BC

triadic

#4993BC #BC4993 #93BC49

tetradic

#4993BC #AB49BC #BC7249 #59BC49

square

#4993BC #AB49BC #BC7249 #59BC49

split-complementary

#4993BC #BC4959 #BCAB49

monochromatic

#254E65 #367192 #4993BC #76AECC #A2C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4993BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4993BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993BC

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4993BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4993BC	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4993bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.096 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b2d0',
    500: '#4993bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4993bc;
$custom-light: #86b2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4993bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63291,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4993BC

secondary

#CAA997

accent

#8152D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F9

border

#CBCFD2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4993BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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