#4998DB#4998DB

#4998DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4998DB
RGBrgb(73, 152, 219)
HSLhsl(208, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(208, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(60.77, -3.20, -41.23)
CIE-LCHlch(60.77, 41.35, 265.56°)
OKLaboklab(65.96% -0.0498 -0.1166)
OKLCHoklch(65.96% 0.127 246.9)
XYZxyz(26.7573, 28.9846, 71.1885)
Luminance0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4998DB #DB8C49
analogous
#49DBD5 #4998DB #494FDB
triadic
#4998DB #DB4998 #98DB49
tetradic
#4998DB #D549DB #DB8C49 #4FDB49
square
#4998DB #D549DB #DB8C49 #4FDB49
split-complementary
#4998DB #DB494F #DBD549
monochromatic
#1C598E #267AC1 #4998DB #7CB5E5 #AFD2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09
#4998DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80
#4998DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998DB
6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4998DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4998DB1.003.096.806.80
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8021.001.001.00
##0000006.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A9ADE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#668CDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A8B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4998db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 246.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6e6',
    500: '#4998db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4998db;
$custom-light: #8bb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4998db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65964,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4998DB
secondary
#DDBDA2
accent
#8D3EEA
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998DB

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