#4498C7#4498C7

#4498C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498C7
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 199)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -10.69, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 33.46, 251.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0594 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.107 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9169, 27.8064, 58.1285)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498C7 #C77344

analogous

#44C7B5 #4498C7 #4456C7

triadic

#4498C7 #C74498 #98C744

tetradic

#4498C7 #B544C7 #C77344 #56C744

square

#4498C7 #B544C7 #C77344 #56C744

split-complementary

#4498C7 #C74456 #C7B544

monochromatic

#21536F #2F779E #4498C7 #73B2D5 #A2CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4498C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4498C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498C7

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498C7	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6d8',
    500: '#4498c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498c7;
$custom-light: #86b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.527,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64791,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498C7

secondary

#D0AB97

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498C7

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

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