#4988D9#4988D9

#4988D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.139 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988D9
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 37.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 5.48, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 47.76, 276.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0345 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.139 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0716, 24.0321, 69.0023)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988D9 #D99A49

analogous

#49D0D9 #4988D9 #5249D9

triadic

#4988D9 #D94988 #88D949

tetradic

#4988D9 #D949D0 #D99A49 #49D952

square

#4988D9 #D949D0 #D99A49 #49D952

split-complementary

#4988D9 #D95249 #D0D949

monochromatic

#1D4D8B #2869BD #4988D9 #7CA9E4 #AECAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4988D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4988D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988D9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988D9	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F80D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.139 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaae5',
    500: '#4988d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988d9;
$custom-light: #8aaae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988D9

secondary

#DCC3A2

accent

#9E3FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988D9

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

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