#4988CB#4988CB

#4988CB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.121 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988CB
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 33%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 0.69, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 40.68, 270.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0381 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.121 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3274, 23.3344, 59.8157)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988CB #CB8C49

analogous

#49C9CB #4988CB #4B49CB

triadic

#4988CB #CB4988 #88CB49

tetradic

#4988CB #CB49C9 #CB8C49 #49CB4B

square

#4988CB #CB49C9 #CB8C49 #49CB4B

split-complementary

#4988CB #CB4B49 #C9CB49

monochromatic

#224B77 #306AA7 #4988CB #79A7D9 #A8C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4988CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4988CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988CB

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988CB	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.121 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aadb',
    500: '#4988cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988cb;
$custom-light: #88aadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988CB

secondary

#D4B99C

accent

#9649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988CB

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

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