#4993D8#4993D8

#4993D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.127 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4993D8
RGB	rgb(73, 147, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -1.33, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 42.05, 268.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0457 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.127 249)
XYZ	xyz(25.5714, 27.2391, 68.8625)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4993D8 #D88E49

analogous

#49D8D6 #4993D8 #494CD8

triadic

#4993D8 #D84993 #93D849

tetradic

#4993D8 #D649D8 #D88E49 #4CD849

square

#4993D8 #D649D8 #D88E49 #4CD849

split-complementary

#4993D8 #D8494C #D8D649

monochromatic

#1D5589 #2874BC #4993D8 #7BB1E3 #AECFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4993D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4993D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993D8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4993D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4993D8	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7596DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4993d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.127 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab2e4',
    500: '#4993d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4993d8;
$custom-light: #8ab2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4993d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.951,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6468,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.27242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4993D8

secondary

#DCBDA1

accent

#9140E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F5FC

border

#CBCFD5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4993D8

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

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