#4998B2#4998B2

#4998B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.086 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998B2
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -16.47, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 26.58, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0638 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.086 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0086, 27.0852, 46.1790)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998B2 #B26349

analogous

#49B298 #4998B2 #4964B2

triadic

#4998B2 #B24998 #98B249

tetradic

#4998B2 #9849B2 #B26349 #64B249

square

#4998B2 #9849B2 #B26349 #64B249

split-complementary

#4998B2 #B24964 #B29849

monochromatic

#254E5B #377387 #4998B2 #73B1C5 #9EC9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4998B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4998B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998B2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998B2	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.086 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6c9',
    500: '#4998b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998b2;
$custom-light: #85b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64038,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998B2

secondary

#C49F93

accent

#7556D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998B2

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

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