#4498CB#4498CB

#4498CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498CB
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 203)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -9.36, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 34.96, 254.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.058 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.111 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3875, 27.9946, 60.6066)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498CB #CB7744

analogous

#44CBBB #4498CB #4454CB

triadic

#4498CB #CB4498 #98CB44

tetradic

#4498CB #BB44CB #CB7744 #54CB44

square

#4498CB #BB44CB #CB7744 #54CB44

split-complementary

#4498CB #CB4454 #CBBB44

monochromatic

#205574 #2E77A4 #4498CB #74B2D8 #A4CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4498CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4498CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498CB

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498CB	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6db',
    500: '#4498cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498cb;
$custom-light: #86b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64982,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498CB

secondary

#D3AE98

accent

#8148E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498CB

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

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