#4498C8#4498C8

#4498C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.108 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498C8
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -10.36, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 33.83, 252.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0591 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.108 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0334, 27.8530, 58.7420)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498C8 #C87444

analogous

#44C8B6 #4498C8 #4456C8

triadic

#4498C8 #C84498 #98C844

tetradic

#4498C8 #B644C8 #C87444 #56C844

square

#4498C8 #B644C8 #C87444 #56C844

split-complementary

#4498C8 #C84456 #C8B644

monochromatic

#215471 #2F77A0 #4498C8 #73B2D6 #A3CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4498C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4498C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498C8

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498C8	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.108 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6d9',
    500: '#4498c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498c8;
$custom-light: #86b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64838,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498C8

secondary

#D1AC97

accent

#804ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498C8

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

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