#4993CD#4993CD

#4993CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4993CD
RGBrgb(73, 147, 205)
HSLhsl(206, 57%, 55%)
HSVhsv(206, 64%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(58.69, -5.03, -36.66)
CIE-LCHlch(58.69, 37.01, 262.19°)
OKLaboklab(64.11% -0.049 -0.1033)
OKLCHoklch(64.11% 0.114 244.7)
XYZxyz(24.1967, 26.6892, 61.6221)
Luminance0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4993CD #CD8349
analogous
#49CDC5 #4993CD #4951CD
triadic
#4993CD #CD4993 #93CD49
tetradic
#4993CD #C549CD #CD8349 #51CD49
square
#4993CD #C549CD #CD8349 #51CD49
split-complementary
#4993CD #CD4951 #CDC549
monochromatic
#22537A #2F74AA #4993CD #79AFDA #A9CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31
#4993CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34
#4993CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993CD
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4993CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4993CD1.003.316.346.34
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3421.001.001.00
##0000006.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7994D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6787CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4993cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 244.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b2dc',
    500: '#4993cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4993cd;
$custom-light: #88b2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4993cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4993CD
secondary
#D5B69D
accent
#8B48E0
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F5FB
border
#CBCFD4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

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