#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
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -3.20, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 41.35, 265.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0498 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.127 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7573, 28.9846, 71.1885)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4998DB	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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