#4A99BB#4A99BB

#4A99BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.092 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99BB
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -14.02, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 28.59, 240.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0608 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.092 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1814, 27.8239, 51.1530)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99BB #BB6C4A

analogous

#4ABBA4 #4A99BB #4A60BB

triadic

#4A99BB #BB4A99 #99BB4A

tetradic

#4A99BB #A44ABB #BB6C4A #60BB4A

square

#4A99BB #A44ABB #BB6C4A #60BB4A

split-complementary

#4A99BB #BB4A60 #BBA44A

monochromatic

#265265 #377691 #4A99BB #76B2CC #A3CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4A99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4A99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99BB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99BB	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.092 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7cf',
    500: '#4a99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99bb;
$custom-light: #87b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64701,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99BB

secondary

#C9A697

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99BB

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

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