#4498BD#4498BD

#4498BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.098 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498BD
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -13.94, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 30.13, 242.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.063 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.098 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7938, 27.3572, 52.2135)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498BD #BD6944

analogous

#44BDA5 #4498BD #445BBD

triadic

#4498BD #BD4498 #98BD44

tetradic

#4498BD #A544BD #BD6944 #5BBD44

square

#4498BD #A544BD #BD6944 #5BBD44

split-complementary

#4498BD #BD445B #BDA544

monochromatic

#235063 #337491 #4498BD #71B1CD #9ECADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4498BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4498BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498BD

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498BD	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.098 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6d1',
    500: '#4498bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498bd;
$custom-light: #84b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64329,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498BD

secondary

#C9A493

accent

#7A50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498BD

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

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