#4998E3#4998E3

#4998E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.136 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4998E3
RGB	rgb(73, 152, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 33%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -0.49, -45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 45.08, 269.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0476 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.136 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8358, 29.4161, 76.8690)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4998E3 #E39449

analogous

#49E3E1 #4998E3 #494BE3

triadic

#4998E3 #E34998 #98E349

tetradic

#4998E3 #E149E3 #E39449 #4BE349

square

#4998E3 #E149E3 #E39449 #4BE349

split-complementary

#4998E3 #E3494B #E3E149

monochromatic

#185A9A #207ACF #4998E3 #7EB6EB #B3D4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4998E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4998E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4998E3

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4998E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4998E3	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4998e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 152, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.136 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ec',
    500: '#4998e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4998e3;
$custom-light: #8cb6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4998e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.221,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66386,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4998E3

secondary

#E2C3A6

accent

#9238F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4998E3

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

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