#4988AA#4988AA

#4988AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.083 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988AA
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 170)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -10.15, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 26.18, 247.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0487 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.083 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8048, 21.9254, 41.2635)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988AA #AA6B49

analogous

#49AA9C #4988AA #4957AA

triadic

#4988AA #AA4988 #88AA49

tetradic

#4988AA #9C49AA #AA6B49 #57AA49

square

#4988AA #9C49AA #AA6B49 #57AA49

split-complementary

#4988AA #AA4957 #AA9C49

monochromatic

#244354 #37667F #4988AA #6FA4C1 #9ABFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4988AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4988AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988AA

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988AA	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.083 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aac3',
    500: '#4988aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988aa;
$custom-light: #84aac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59867,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988AA

secondary

#C0A08F

accent

#8258D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988AA

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

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