#4988C5#4988C5

#4988C5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988C5
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 197)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 31%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -1.34, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 37.75, 267.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0398 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.114 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6262, 23.0539, 56.1227)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988C5 #C58649

analogous

#49C5C4 #4988C5 #494AC5

triadic

#4988C5 #C54988 #88C549

tetradic

#4988C5 #C449C5 #C58649 #4AC549

square

#4988C5 #C449C5 #C58649 #4AC549

split-complementary

#4988C5 #C5494A #C5C449

monochromatic

#244A70 #32699E #4988C5 #77A6D4 #A6C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4988C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#4988C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988C5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988C5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aad7',
    500: '#4988c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988c5;
$custom-light: #87aad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.516,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61188,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988C5

secondary

#D0B49A

accent

#934DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988C5

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

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