#4988E5#4988E5

#4988E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.155 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988E5
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 9.65, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 54.01, 280.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0319 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.155 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6896, 24.6793, 77.5233)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988E5 #E5A649

analogous

#49D6E5 #4988E5 #5849E5

triadic

#4988E5 #E54988 #88E549

tetradic

#4988E5 #E549D6 #E5A649 #49E558

square

#4988E5 #E549D6 #E5A649 #49E558

split-complementary

#4988E5 #E55849 #D6E549

monochromatic

#164D9D #1E67D3 #4988E5 #7FABED #B4CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4988E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4988E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988E5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988E5	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.155 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaee',
    500: '#4988e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988e5;
$custom-light: #8caaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62997,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988E5

secondary

#E3CBA6

accent

#A636F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988E5

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

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