#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
RGBrgb(73, 136, 217)
HSLhsl(214, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(214, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 37.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(56.12, 5.48, -47.45)
CIE-LCHlch(56.12, 47.76, 276.59°)
OKLaboklab(62.29% -0.0345 -0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(62.29% 0.139 255.6)
XYZxyz(24.0716, 24.0321, 69.0023)
Luminance0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##4988D91.003.625.815.81
#FFFFFF3.621.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8121.001.001.00
##0000005.8121.001.001.00

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

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#4988D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva