#4998BA#4998BA

#4998BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.092 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998BA
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -13.98, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 28.58, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0608 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.092 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8354, 27.4159, 50.5332)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998BA #BA6B49

analogous

#49BAA3 #4998BA #495FBA

triadic

#4998BA #BA4998 #98BA49

tetradic

#4998BA #A349BA #BA6B49 #5FBA49

square

#4998BA #A349BA #BA6B49 #5FBA49

split-complementary

#4998BA #BA495F #BAA349

monochromatic

#265163 #36758F #4998BA #75B1CB #A2CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4998BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4998BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998BA

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998BA	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.092 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6ce',
    500: '#4998ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998ba;
$custom-light: #86b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64381,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998BA

secondary

#C8A596

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998BA

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

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