#4498CC#4498CC

#4498CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4498CC
RGBrgb(68, 152, 204)
HSLhsl(203, 57%, 53%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(59.93, -9.03, -34.18)
CIE-LCHlch(59.93, 35.35, 255.20°)
OKLaboklab(65.03% -0.0577 -0.0962)
OKLCHoklch(65.03% 0.112 239)
XYZxyz(24.5070, 28.0425, 61.2362)
Luminance0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4498CC #CC7844
analogous
#44CCBC #4498CC #4454CC
triadic
#4498CC #CC4498 #98CC44
tetradic
#4498CC #BC44CC #CC7844 #54CC44
square
#4498CC #BC44CC #CC7844 #54CC44
split-complementary
#4498CC #CC4454 #CCBC44
monochromatic
#205576 #2D78A6 #4498CC #74B2D9 #A4CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18
#4498CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61
#4498CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498CC
6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4498CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4498CC1.003.186.616.61
#FFFFFF3.181.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6121.001.001.00
##0000006.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8098CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D8ACB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A5AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4498cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 239.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6db',
    500: '#4498cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4498cc;
$custom-light: #86b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4498cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65031,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4498CC
secondary
#D3AF99
accent
#8247E0
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1115
muted
#7D8083

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#4498CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva