#4993BF#4993BF

#4993BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4993BF
RGBrgb(73, 147, 191)
HSLhsl(202, 48%, 52%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 23%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(58.08, -9.62, -29.72)
CIE-LCHlch(58.08, 31.24, 252.06°)
OKLaboklab(63.43% -0.0535 -0.0833)
OKLCHoklch(63.43% 0.099 237.3)
XYZxyz(22.5818, 26.0433, 53.1169)
Luminance0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4993BF #BF7549
analogous
#49BFB0 #4993BF #4958BF
triadic
#4993BF #BF4993 #93BF49
tetradic
#4993BF #B049BF #BF7549 #58BF49
square
#4993BF #B049BF #BF7549 #58BF49
split-complementary
#4993BF #BF4958 #BFB049
monochromatic
#254F69 #357296 #4993BF #76AECF #A4C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38
#4993BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21
#4993BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993BF
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4993BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4993BF1.003.386.216.21
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2121.001.001.00
##0000006.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F92C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E86BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4993bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 237.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b2d2',
    500: '#4993bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4993bf;
$custom-light: #87b2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4993bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.373,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6343,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4993BF
secondary
#CCAB98
accent
#8350D8
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#F0F5F9
border
#CBCFD2
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8082

Preview Lab

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#4993BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva