#4993E6#4993E6

#4993E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.145 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4993E6
RGB	rgb(73, 147, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 36.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 3.45, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 48.86, 274.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.042 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.145 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4590, 27.9942, 78.8039)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4993E6 #E69C49

analogous

#49E1E6 #4993E6 #4E49E6

triadic

#4993E6 #E64993 #93E649

tetradic

#4993E6 #E649E1 #E69C49 #49E64E

square

#4993E6 #E649E1 #E69C49 #49E64E

split-complementary

#4993E6 #E64E49 #E1E649

monochromatic

#16569F #1D74D5 #4993E6 #7FB3ED #B5D3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4993E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4993E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993E6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4993E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4993E6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E98E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4993e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.145 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb2ee',
    500: '#4993e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4993e6;
$custom-light: #8cb2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4993e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.72,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65445,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4993E6

secondary

#E4C7A7

accent

#9935F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F5FD

border

#CCCFD5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4993E6

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

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