#4988BF#4988BF

#4988BF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.106 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988BF
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 191)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -3.34, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 34.91, 264.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0416 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.106 247)
XYZ	xyz(20.9523, 22.7844, 52.5738)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4988BF #BF8049

analogous

#49BFBB #4988BF #494DBF

triadic

#4988BF #BF4988 #88BF49

tetradic

#4988BF #BB49BF #BF8049 #4DBF49

square

#4988BF #BB49BF #BF8049 #4DBF49

split-complementary

#4988BF #BF494D #BFBB49

monochromatic

#254969 #356996 #4988BF #76A6CF #A4C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4988BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4988BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988BF

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988BF	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.106 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aad2',
    500: '#4988bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988bf;
$custom-light: #86aad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.966,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60877,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.22786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988BF

secondary

#CCB098

accent

#8F50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988BF

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

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