#4C99C5#4C99C5

#4C99C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C99C5
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -10.48, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 31.59, 250.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0559 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.1 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4459, 28.3478, 56.9959)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C99C5 #C5784C

analogous

#4CC5B4 #4C99C5 #4C5CC5

triadic

#4C99C5 #C54C99 #99C54C

tetradic

#4C99C5 #B44CC5 #C5784C #5CC54C

square

#4C99C5 #B44CC5 #C5784C #5CC54C

split-complementary

#4C99C5 #C54C5C #C5B44C

monochromatic

#255672 #3479A0 #4C99C5 #7AB3D4 #A8CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4C99C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4C99C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C99C5

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C99C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C99C5	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8498C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c99c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d6',
    500: '#4c99c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c99c5;
$custom-light: #89b7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c99c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65229,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C99C5

secondary

#D0AF9C

accent

#814DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C99C5

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

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