#4988DC#4988DC

#4988DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.143 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988DC
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 38.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 6.52, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 49.31, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0338 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.143 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4654, 24.1896, 71.0760)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988DC #DC9D49

analogous

#49D1DC #4988DC #5449DC

triadic

#4988DC #DC4988 #88DC49

tetradic

#4988DC #DC49D1 #DC9D49 #49DC54

square

#4988DC #DC49D1 #DC9D49 #49DC54

split-complementary

#4988DC #DC5449 #D1DC49

monochromatic

#1C4D8F #2569C2 #4988DC #7CAAE6 #B0CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4988DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4988DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988DC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988DC	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.143 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baae7',
    500: '#4988dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988dc;
$custom-light: #8baae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62463,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988DC

secondary

#DEC5A3

accent

#A03DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988DC

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

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