#4994BC#4994BC

#4994BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.096 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994BC
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -11.15, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 29.91, 248.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0557 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.096 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4112, 26.2249, 51.4481)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4994BC #BC7149

analogous

#49BCAB #4994BC #495ABC

triadic

#4994BC #BC4994 #94BC49

tetradic

#4994BC #AB49BC #BC7149 #5ABC49

square

#4994BC #AB49BC #BC7149 #5ABC49

split-complementary

#4994BC #BC495A #BCAB49

monochromatic

#254F65 #367292 #4994BC #76AECC #A2C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4994BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4994BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994BC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994BC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.096 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3d0',
    500: '#4994bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994bc;
$custom-light: #86b3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63526,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994BC

secondary

#CAA997

accent

#8052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994BC

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

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