#4498BF#4498BF

#4498BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498BF
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -13.30, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 30.74, 244.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0622 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.099 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0124, 27.4446, 53.3647)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498BF #BF6B44

analogous

#44BFA8 #4498BF #445ABF

triadic

#4498BF #BF4498 #98BF44

tetradic

#4498BF #A844BF #BF6B44 #5ABF44

square

#4498BF #A844BF #BF6B44 #5ABF44

split-complementary

#4498BF #BF445A #BFA844

monochromatic

#235166 #327593 #4498BF #72B1CF #9FCADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4498BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4498BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498BF

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498BF	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8496C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6d2',
    500: '#4498bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498bf;
$custom-light: #84b6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6442,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498BF

secondary

#CBA594

accent

#7B4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498BF

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

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