#4988BD#4988BD

#4988BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.104 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988BD
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 189)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -4.01, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 33.99, 263.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0423 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.104 246)
XYZ	xyz(20.7337, 22.6969, 51.4225)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988BD #BD7E49

analogous

#49BDB8 #4988BD #494EBD

triadic

#4988BD #BD4988 #88BD49

tetradic

#4988BD #B849BD #BD7E49 #4EBD49

square

#4988BD #B849BD #BD7E49 #4EBD49

split-complementary

#4988BD #BD494E #BDB849

monochromatic

#254966 #356893 #4988BD #76A5CD #A3C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4988BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4988BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988BD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988BD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7189BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.104 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aad1',
    500: '#4988bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988bd;
$custom-light: #86aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.414,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60776,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.22699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988BD

secondary

#CAAF97

accent

#8E51D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988BD

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

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