#4498AC#4498AC

#4498AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498AC
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -19.27, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 26.42, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0695 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.086 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0555, 26.6619, 43.0583)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498AC #AC5844

analogous

#44AC8C #4498AC #4464AC

triadic

#4498AC #AC4498 #98AC44

tetradic

#4498AC #8C44AC #AC5844 #64AC44

square

#4498AC #8C44AC #AC5844 #64AC44

split-complementary

#4498AC #AC4464 #AC8C44

monochromatic

#214A54 #337180 #4498AC #69B2C4 #95C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4498AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4498AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498AC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498AC	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6c4',
    500: '#4498ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498ac;
$custom-light: #82b6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498AC

secondary

#C1958B

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498AC

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

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