#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
RGBrgb(73, 152, 186)
HSLhsl(198, 45%, 51%)
HSVhsv(198, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(60.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.36, -13.98, -24.92)
CIE-LCHlch(59.36, 28.58, 240.70°)
OKLaboklab(64.38% -0.0608 -0.0695)
OKLCHoklch(64.38% 0.092 228.8)
XYZxyz(22.8354, 27.4159, 50.5332)
Luminance0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4998BA1.003.246.486.48
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4821.001.001.00
##0000006.4821.001.001.00

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

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#4998BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva