#4498AA#4498AA

#4498AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.085 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498AA
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -19.88, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 26.19, 220.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0703 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.085 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8649, 26.5856, 42.0544)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498AA #AA5644

analogous

#44AA89 #4498AA #4465AA

triadic

#4498AA #AA4498 #98AA44

tetradic

#4498AA #8944AA #AA5644 #65AA44

square

#4498AA #8944AA #AA5644 #65AA44

split-complementary

#4498AA #AA4465 #AA8944

monochromatic

#214A53 #33717E #4498AA #68B3C3 #94C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4498AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4498AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498AA

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498AA	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.085 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6c3',
    500: '#4498aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498aa;
$custom-light: #82b6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63521,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498AA

secondary

#C0938A

accent

#6B55D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498AA

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

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