#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
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -9.03, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 35.35, 255.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0577 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.112 239)
XYZ	xyz(24.5070, 28.0425, 61.2362)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4498CC	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498CC

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

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