#4C99E6#4C99E6

#4C99E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.138 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4C99E6
RGBrgb(76, 153, 230)
HSLhsl(210, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(210, 67%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.68, 0.42, -45.89)
CIE-LCHlch(61.68, 45.89, 270.52°)
OKLaboklab(66.88% -0.0457 -0.1301)
OKLCHoklch(66.88% 0.138 250.6)
XYZxyz(28.6494, 30.0292, 79.1339)
Luminance0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4C99E6 #E6994C
analogous
#4CE6E6 #4C99E6 #4C4CE6
triadic
#4C99E6 #E64C99 #99E64C
tetradic
#4C99E6 #E64CE6 #E6994C #4CE64C
square
#4C99E6 #E64CE6 #E6994C #4CE64C
split-complementary
#4C99E6 #E64C4C #E6E64C
monochromatic
#175CA1 #1E7AD7 #4C99E6 #82B8ED #B7D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#4C99E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01
#4C99E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C99E6
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4C99E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4C99E61.003.007.017.01
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#779DE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#618EE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ABB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4c99e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.138 250.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb6ee',
    500: '#4c99e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4c99e6;
$custom-light: #8eb6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4c99e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66881,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4C99E6
secondary
#E5C7A9
accent
#9436F2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4C99E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva