#4994E2#4994E2

#4994E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.139 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994E2
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 1.49, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 46.41, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.044 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.139 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0599, 28.0844, 75.9315)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4994E2 #E29749

analogous

#49E1E2 #4994E2 #4A49E2

triadic

#4994E2 #E24994 #94E249

tetradic

#4994E2 #E249E1 #E29749 #49E24A

square

#4994E2 #E249E1 #E29749 #49E24A

split-complementary

#4994E2 #E24A49 #E1E249

monochromatic

#185798 #2175CD #4994E2 #7EB3EA #B3D2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4994E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4994E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994E2

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994E2	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7198E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.139 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb3eb',
    500: '#4994e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994e2;
$custom-light: #8cb3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65443,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994E2

secondary

#E2C4A5

accent

#9639EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F5FD

border

#CBCFD5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994E2

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

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