#4A98DB#4A98DB

#4A98DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A98DB
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -3.04, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 41.28, 265.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0492 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.126 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8337, 29.0240, 71.1921)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A98DB #DB8D4A

analogous

#4ADBD5 #4A98DB #4A50DB

triadic

#4A98DB #DB4A98 #98DB4A

tetradic

#4A98DB #D54ADB #DB8D4A #50DB4A

square

#4A98DB #D54ADB #DB8D4A #50DB4A

split-complementary

#4A98DB #DB4A50 #DBD54A

monochromatic

#1C5A8E #267AC1 #4A98DB #7DB5E5 #B0D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A98DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4A98DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A98DB

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A98DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A98DB	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	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: #4a98db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6e6',
    500: '#4a98db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a98db;
$custom-light: #8bb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a98db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.724,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66001,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A98DB

secondary

#DEBEA3

accent

#8D3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A98DB

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

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