#4A99D6#4A99D6

#4A99D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99D6
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 214)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -5.28, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 38.66, 262.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0517 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.12 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3483, 29.0906, 67.8318)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99D6 #D6874A

analogous

#4AD6CD #4A99D6 #4A53D6

triadic

#4A99D6 #D64A99 #99D64A

tetradic

#4A99D6 #CD4AD6 #D6874A #53D64A

square

#4A99D6 #CD4AD6 #D6874A #53D64A

split-complementary

#4A99D6 #D64A53 #D6CD4A

monochromatic

#1F5A87 #2A7BB9 #4A99D6 #7CB5E1 #AED1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4A99D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4A99D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99D6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99D6	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab6e3',
    500: '#4a99d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99d6;
$custom-light: #8ab6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65972,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99D6

secondary

#DBBAA1

accent

#8942E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99D6

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

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