#4A99C8#4A99C8

#4A99C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.105 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99C8
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -9.88, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 32.93, 252.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0562 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.105 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6366, 28.4060, 58.8169)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99C8 #C8794A

analogous

#4AC8B8 #4A99C8 #4A5AC8

triadic

#4A99C8 #C84A99 #99C84A

tetradic

#4A99C8 #B84AC8 #C8794A #5AC84A

square

#4A99C8 #B84AC8 #C8794A #5AC84A

split-complementary

#4A99C8 #C84A5A #C8B84A

monochromatic

#235674 #3279A3 #4A99C8 #79B3D6 #A8CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4A99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#4A99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99C8

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99C8	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.105 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7d9',
    500: '#4a99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99c8;
$custom-light: #88b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65291,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99C8

secondary

#D2B09C

accent

#814BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99C8

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

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