#4A98C8#4A98C8

#4A98C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A98C8
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -9.32, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 33.20, 253.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0551 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.105 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4736, 28.0800, 58.7626)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A98C8 #C87A4A

analogous

#4AC8B9 #4A98C8 #4A59C8

triadic

#4A98C8 #C84A98 #98C84A

tetradic

#4A98C8 #B94AC8 #C87A4A #59C84A

square

#4A98C8 #B94AC8 #C87A4A #59C84A

split-complementary

#4A98C8 #C84A59 #C8B94A

monochromatic

#235574 #3278A3 #4A98C8 #79B3D6 #A8CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4A98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4A98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A98C8

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A98C8	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6d9',
    500: '#4a98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a98c8;
$custom-light: #88b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65059,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A98C8

secondary

#D2B09C

accent

#834BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A98C8

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

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