#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
RGBrgb(74, 153, 228)
HSLhsl(209, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(209, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(61.51, -0.57, -45.05)
CIE-LCHlch(61.51, 45.05, 269.27°)
OKLaboklab(66.7% -0.0476 -0.1277)
OKLCHoklch(66.7% 0.136 249.5)
XYZxyz(28.2136, 29.8368, 77.6559)
Luminance0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4A99E41.003.016.976.97
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9721.001.001.00
##0000006.9721.001.001.00

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

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#4A99E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva