#4A99E4#4A99E4

#4A99E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.136 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99E4
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -0.57, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 45.05, 269.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0476 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.136 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2136, 29.8368, 77.6559)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99E4 #E4954A

analogous

#4AE4E2 #4A99E4 #4A4CE4

triadic

#4A99E4 #E44A99 #99E44A

tetradic

#4A99E4 #E24AE4 #E4954A #4CE44A

square

#4A99E4 #E24AE4 #E4954A #4CE44A

split-complementary

#4A99E4 #E44A4C #E4E24A

monochromatic

#175C9C #1F7BD2 #4A99E4 #7FB7EC #B5D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4A99E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4A99E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99E4

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99E4	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.136 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ed',
    500: '#4a99e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99e4;
$custom-light: #8cb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.221,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66699,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99E4

secondary

#E3C4A7

accent

#9137F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99E4

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

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