#4A99DD#4A99DD

#4A99DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.128 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99DD
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -2.94, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 41.79, 265.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0496 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.128 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2615, 29.4559, 72.6414)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99DD #DD8E4A

analogous

#4ADDD7 #4A99DD #4A4FDD

triadic

#4A99DD #DD4A99 #99DD4A

tetradic

#4A99DD #D74ADD #DD8E4A #4FDD4A

square

#4A99DD #D74ADD #DD8E4A #4FDD4A

split-complementary

#4A99DD #DD4A4F #DDD74A

monochromatic

#1B5B91 #257BC5 #4A99DD #7EB6E7 #B1D3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4A99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4A99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99DD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99DD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.128 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6e8',
    500: '#4a99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99dd;
$custom-light: #8bb6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6633,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99DD

secondary

#DFBFA4

accent

#8D3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99DD

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

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