#4A99CC#4A99CC

#4A99CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.109 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99CC
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -8.58, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 34.48, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0549 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.109 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1102, 28.5954, 61.3112)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99CC #CC7D4A

analogous

#4ACCBE #4A99CC #4A58CC

triadic

#4A99CC #CC4A99 #99CC4A

tetradic

#4A99CC #BE4ACC #CC7D4A #58CC4A

square

#4A99CC #BE4ACC #CC7D4A #58CC4A

split-complementary

#4A99CC #CC4A58 #CCBE4A

monochromatic

#225779 #3079A9 #4A99CC #7AB4D9 #A9CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4A99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4A99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99CC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99CC	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.109 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6db',
    500: '#4a99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99cc;
$custom-light: #89b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99CC

secondary

#D4B39D

accent

#8448DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99CC

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

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