#4998CD#4998CD

#4998CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.111 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998CD
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -7.87, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 35.28, 257.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0542 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.111 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9911, 28.2782, 61.8870)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998CD #CD7E49

analogous

#49CDC0 #4998CD #4956CD

triadic

#4998CD #CD4998 #98CD49

tetradic

#4998CD #C049CD #CD7E49 #56CD49

square

#4998CD #C049CD #CD7E49 #56CD49

split-complementary

#4998CD #CD4956 #CDC049

monochromatic

#22577A #2F79AA #4998CD #79B3DA #A9CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4998CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4998CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998CD

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998CD	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.111 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6dc',
    500: '#4998cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998cd;
$custom-light: #89b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6526,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998CD

secondary

#D5B39D

accent

#8548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998CD

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

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