#4A98E6#4A98E6

#4A98E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.140 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A98E6
RGB	rgb(74, 152, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 0.69, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 46.45, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0461 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.14 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3299, 29.6225, 79.0723)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A98E6 #E6984A

analogous

#4AE6E6 #4A98E6 #4A4AE6

triadic

#4A98E6 #E64A98 #98E64A

tetradic

#4A98E6 #E64AE6 #E6984A #4AE64A

square

#4A98E6 #E64AE6 #E6984A #4AE64A

split-complementary

#4A98E6 #E64A4A #E6E64A

monochromatic

#165BA0 #1D79D5 #4A98E6 #80B7ED #B6D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4A98E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4A98E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A98E6

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A98E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A98E6	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a98e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 152, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.140 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db5ee',
    500: '#4a98e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a98e6;
$custom-light: #8db5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a98e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66585,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A98E6

secondary

#E4C6A8

accent

#9435F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A98E6

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

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