#4A99E5#4A99E5

#4A99E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.137 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A99E5
RGBrgb(74, 153, 229)
HSLhsl(209, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.56, -0.23, -45.52)
CIE-LCHlch(61.56, 45.53, 269.71°)
OKLaboklab(66.75% -0.0473 -0.129)
OKLCHoklch(66.75% 0.137 249.9)
XYZxyz(28.3529, 29.8925, 78.3891)
Luminance0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A99E5 #E5964A
analogous
#4AE5E3 #4A99E5 #4A4CE5
triadic
#4A99E5 #E54A99 #99E54A
tetradic
#4A99E5 #E34AE5 #E5964A #4CE54A
square
#4A99E5 #E34AE5 #E5964A #4CE54A
split-complementary
#4A99E5 #E54A4C #E5E34A
monochromatic
#175C9E #1E7BD3 #4A99E5 #80B7ED #B5D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#4A99E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98
#4A99E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99E5
6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A99E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A99E51.003.016.986.98
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9821.001.001.00
##0000006.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#779DE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#618EE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ABB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a99e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.137 249.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ed',
    500: '#4a99e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a99e5;
$custom-light: #8cb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a99e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.419,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66753,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A99E5
secondary
#E4C5A7
accent
#9236F1
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4A99E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva