#4998BB#4998BB

#4998BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.093 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998BB
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -13.67, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 28.87, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0604 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.093 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9421, 27.4585, 51.0951)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998BB #BB6C49

analogous

#49BBA5 #4998BB #495FBB

triadic

#4998BB #BB4998 #98BB49

tetradic

#4998BB #A549BB #BB6C49 #5FBB49

square

#4998BB #A549BB #BB6C49 #5FBB49

split-complementary

#4998BB #BB495F #BBA549

monochromatic

#255164 #367591 #4998BB #76B1CC #A2CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4998BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4998BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998BB

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998BB	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.093 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6cf',
    500: '#4998bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998bb;
$custom-light: #86b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64425,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998BB

secondary

#C9A697

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998BB

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

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