#4988E4#4988E4

#4988E4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.154 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988E4
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 40.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 9.30, -52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 53.48, 280.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0321 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.154 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5503, 24.6236, 76.7900)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988E4 #E4A549

analogous

#49D6E4 #4988E4 #5849E4

triadic

#4988E4 #E44988 #88E449

tetradic

#4988E4 #E449D6 #E4A549 #49E458

square

#4988E4 #E449D6 #E4A549 #49E458

split-complementary

#4988E4 #E45849 #D6E449

monochromatic

#174D9C #1F67D1 #4988E4 #7EABEC #B4CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4988E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4988E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988E4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988E4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.154 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaed',
    500: '#4988e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988e4;
$custom-light: #8caaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988E4

secondary

#E3CAA6

accent

#A537F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988E4

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

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