#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
RGBrgb(73, 136, 197)
HSLhsl(210, 52%, 53%)
HSVhsv(210, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 31%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.13, -1.34, -37.72)
CIE-LCHlch(55.13, 37.75, 267.97°)
OKLaboklab(61.19% -0.0398 -0.1065)
OKLCHoklch(61.19% 0.114 249.5)
XYZxyz(21.6262, 23.0539, 56.1227)
Luminance0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4988C51.003.745.615.61
#FFFFFF3.741.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6121.001.001.00
##0000005.6121.001.001.00

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

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#4988C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva