#4A98BB#4A98BB

#4A98BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.093 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A98BB
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -13.48, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 28.73, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0597 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.093 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0184, 27.4979, 51.0986)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A98BB #BB6D4A

analogous

#4ABBA5 #4A98BB #4A5FBB

triadic

#4A98BB #BB4A98 #98BB4A

tetradic

#4A98BB #A54ABB #BB6D4A #5FBB4A

square

#4A98BB #A54ABB #BB6D4A #5FBB4A

split-complementary

#4A98BB #BB4A5F #BBA54A

monochromatic

#265165 #377591 #4A98BB #76B1CC #A3CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4A98BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4A98BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A98BB

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A98BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A98BB	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	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: #4a98bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.093 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6cf',
    500: '#4a98bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a98bb;
$custom-light: #87b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a98bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.584,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64464,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A98BB

secondary

#C9A797

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A98BB

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

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