#4988CE#4988CE

#4988CE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.125 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988CE
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 34%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 1.71, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 42.17, 272.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0373 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.125 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6883, 23.4788, 61.7167)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4988CE #CE8F49

analogous

#49CBCE #4988CE #4D49CE

triadic

#4988CE #CE4988 #88CE49

tetradic

#4988CE #CE49CB #CE8F49 #49CE4D

square

#4988CE #CE49CB #CE8F49 #49CE4D

split-complementary

#4988CE #CE4D49 #CBCE49

monochromatic

#214C7B #2E6AAC #4988CE #79A8DB #A9C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4988CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4988CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988CE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988CE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.125 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aadd',
    500: '#4988ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988ce;
$custom-light: #88aadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61671,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988CE

secondary

#D5BB9D

accent

#9847E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988CE

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

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