#4988E6#4988E6

#4988E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.156 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988E6
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 10.00, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 54.53, 280.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0316 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.156 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8296, 24.7353, 78.2607)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988E6 #E6A749

analogous

#49D6E6 #4988E6 #5949E6

triadic

#4988E6 #E64988 #88E649

tetradic

#4988E6 #E649D6 #E6A749 #49E659

square

#4988E6 #E649D6 #E6A749 #49E659

split-complementary

#4988E6 #E65949 #D6E649

monochromatic

#164D9F #1D67D5 #4988E6 #7FABED #B5CEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4988E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4988E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988E6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988E6	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C90EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.156 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaee',
    500: '#4988e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988e6;
$custom-light: #8caaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.924,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988E6

secondary

#E4CBA7

accent

#A735F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988E6

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

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