#4498C5#4498C5

#4498C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.105 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498C5
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -11.34, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 32.74, 249.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0601 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.105 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6863, 27.7142, 56.9136)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498C5 #C57144

analogous

#44C5B1 #4498C5 #4458C5

triadic

#4498C5 #C54498 #98C544

tetradic

#4498C5 #B144C5 #C57144 #58C544

square

#4498C5 #B144C5 #C57144 #58C544

split-complementary

#4498C5 #C54458 #C5B144

monochromatic

#22536D #30769C #4498C5 #73B2D3 #A1CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4498C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4498C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498C5

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498C5	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.105 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b6d6',
    500: '#4498c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498c5;
$custom-light: #85b6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64697,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498C5

secondary

#CFAA96

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498C5

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

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