#4A99CE#4A99CE

#4A99CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99CE
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -7.93, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 35.28, 257.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0542 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.111 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3516, 28.6920, 62.5826)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99CE #CE7F4A

analogous

#4ACEC1 #4A99CE #4A57CE

triadic

#4A99CE #CE4A99 #99CE4A

tetradic

#4A99CE #C14ACE #CE7F4A #57CE4A

square

#4A99CE #C14ACE #CE7F4A #57CE4A

split-complementary

#4A99CE #CE4A57 #CEC14A

monochromatic

#22587C #2F7AAC #4A99CE #7AB4DB #AACFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4A99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99CE

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99CE	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6dd',
    500: '#4a99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99ce;
$custom-light: #89b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65577,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99CE

secondary

#D6B49E

accent

#8547E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99CE

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

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