#4994BB#4994BB

#4994BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.095 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994BB
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 20.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -11.47, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 29.57, 247.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.056 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.095 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3038, 26.1820, 50.8823)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4994BB #BB7049

analogous

#49BBA9 #4994BB #495BBB

triadic

#4994BB #BB4994 #94BB49

tetradic

#4994BB #A949BB #BB7049 #5BBB49

square

#4994BB #A949BB #BB7049 #5BBB49

split-complementary

#4994BB #BB495B #BBA949

monochromatic

#254F64 #367291 #4994BB #76AECC #A2C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4994BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4994BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994BB

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994BB	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.095 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3cf',
    500: '#4994bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994bb;
$custom-light: #86b3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994BB

secondary

#C9A897

accent

#7F53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994BB

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

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