#4994C8#4994C8

#4994C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994C8
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 26%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -7.25, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 34.52, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0516 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.108 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7589, 26.7640, 58.5463)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4994C8 #C87D49

analogous

#49C8BC #4994C8 #4954C8

triadic

#4994C8 #C84994 #94C849

tetradic

#4994C8 #BC49C8 #C87D49 #54C849

square

#4994C8 #BC49C8 #C87D49 #54C849

split-complementary

#4994C8 #C84954 #C8BC49

monochromatic

#235374 #3174A3 #4994C8 #78B0D6 #A7CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4994C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4994C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994C8

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994C8	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D94CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b3d9',
    500: '#4994c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994c8;
$custom-light: #88b3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994C8

secondary

#D2B19B

accent

#874BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994C8

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

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