#4498BA#4498BA

#4498BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.095 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498BA
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -14.90, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 29.28, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0641 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.095 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4716, 27.2283, 50.5162)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498BA #BA6644

analogous

#44BAA1 #4498BA #445DBA

triadic

#4498BA #BA4498 #98BA44

tetradic

#4498BA #A144BA #BA6644 #5DBA44

square

#4498BA #A144BA #BA6644 #5DBA44

split-complementary

#4498BA #BA445D #BAA144

monochromatic

#234F60 #34738D #4498BA #70B1CB #9DC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4498BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4498BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498BA

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498BA	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.095 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6ce',
    500: '#4498ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498ba;
$custom-light: #84b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498BA

secondary

#C8A292

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498BA

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

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