#4498B2#4498B2

#4498B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.089 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498B2
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -17.42, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 27.40, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0671 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.089 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6448, 26.8976, 46.1619)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498B2 #B25E44

analogous

#44B295 #4498B2 #4461B2

triadic

#4498B2 #B24498 #98B244

tetradic

#4498B2 #9544B2 #B25E44 #61B244

square

#4498B2 #9544B2 #B25E44 #61B244

split-complementary

#4498B2 #B24461 #B29544

monochromatic

#224C59 #337286 #4498B2 #6CB2C7 #99C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4498B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4498B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498B2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498B2	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.089 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6c9',
    500: '#4498b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498b2;
$custom-light: #83b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6385,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498B2

secondary

#C49B8E

accent

#7253D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498B2

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

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