#4A99E6#4A99E6

#4A99E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.139 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A99E6
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, 0.11, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 46.00, 270.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0471 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.139 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4929, 29.9485, 79.1266)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A99E6 #E6974A

analogous

#4AE6E5 #4A99E6 #4A4BE6

triadic

#4A99E6 #E64A99 #99E64A

tetradic

#4A99E6 #E54AE6 #E6974A #4BE64A

square

#4A99E6 #E54AE6 #E6974A #4BE64A

split-complementary

#4A99E6 #E64A4B #E6E54A

monochromatic

#165CA0 #1D7BD5 #4A99E6 #80B7ED #B6D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4A99E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4A99E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A99E6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A99E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A99E6	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a99e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.139 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db6ee',
    500: '#4a99e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a99e6;
$custom-light: #8db6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a99e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.615,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66807,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A99E6

secondary

#E4C6A8

accent

#9335F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A99E6

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

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