#4994D9#4994D9

#4994D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.128 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994D9
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -1.57, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 42.09, 267.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0464 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.128 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8573, 27.6034, 69.5975)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4994D9 #D98E49

analogous

#49D9D6 #4994D9 #494CD9

triadic

#4994D9 #D94994 #94D949

tetradic

#4994D9 #D649D9 #D98E49 #4CD949

square

#4994D9 #D649D9 #D98E49 #4CD949

split-complementary

#4994D9 #D9494C #D9D649

monochromatic

#1D568B #2876BD #4994D9 #7CB2E4 #AED0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4994D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4994D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994D9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994D9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6289D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.128 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab3e5',
    500: '#4994d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994d9;
$custom-light: #8ab3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64958,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994D9

secondary

#DCBEA2

accent

#903FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F5FC

border

#CBCFD5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994D9

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

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