#4988EE#4988EE

#4988EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.167 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4988EE
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 12.80, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 58.75, 282.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0301 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.167 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9789, 25.1950, 84.3136)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4988EE #EEAF49

analogous

#49DAEE #4988EE #5C49EE

triadic

#4988EE #EE4988 #88EE49

tetradic

#4988EE #EE49DA #EEAF49 #49EE5C

square

#4988EE #EE49DA #EEAF49 #49EE5C

split-complementary

#4988EE #EE5C49 #DAEE49

monochromatic

#104CAC #1564E4 #4988EE #81ADF3 #B9D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4988EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4988EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4988EE

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4988EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4988EE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5692F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3982EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4988ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.167 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaaf4',
    500: '#4988ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4988ee;
$custom-light: #8eaaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4988ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.091,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63549,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4988EE

secondary

#E9D1AA

accent

#8C06DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4988EE

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

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