#4498AE#4498AE

#4498AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.087 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498AE
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -18.66, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 26.70, 225.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0687 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.087 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2490, 26.7393, 44.0776)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4498AE #AE5A44

analogous

#44AE8F #4498AE #4463AE

triadic

#4498AE #AE4498 #98AE44

tetradic

#4498AE #8F44AE #AE5A44 #63AE44

square

#4498AE #8F44AE #AE5A44 #63AE44

split-complementary

#4498AE #AE4463 #AE8F44

monochromatic

#224B56 #337282 #4498AE #6AB2C5 #96C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4498AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4498AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498AE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498AE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.087 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6c6',
    500: '#4498ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498ae;
$custom-light: #82b6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498AE

secondary

#C2978C

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498AE

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

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