#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
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -0.23, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 45.53, 269.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0473 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.137 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3529, 29.8925, 78.3891)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A99E5	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A99E5

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

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