#4A99BC#4A99BC

#4A99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.093 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99BC
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -13.71, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 28.88, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0605 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.093 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2889, 27.8669, 51.7187)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99BC #BC6D4A

analogous

#4ABCA6 #4A99BC #4A60BC

triadic

#4A99BC #BC4A99 #99BC4A

tetradic

#4A99BC #A64ABC #BC6D4A #60BC4A

square

#4A99BC #A64ABC #BC6D4A #60BC4A

split-complementary

#4A99BC #BC4A60 #BCA64A

monochromatic

#265266 #367693 #4A99BC #77B2CD #A3CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99BC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99BC	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.093 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d0',
    500: '#4a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99bc;
$custom-light: #87b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99BC

secondary

#CAA798

accent

#7B52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99BC

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

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