#4498CD#4498CD

#4498CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.113 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498CD
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -8.70, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 35.75, 255.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0574 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.113 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6273, 28.0906, 61.8699)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498CD #CD7944

analogous

#44CDBE #4498CD #4453CD

triadic

#4498CD #CD4498 #98CD44

tetradic

#4498CD #BE44CD #CD7944 #53CD44

square

#4498CD #BE44CD #CD7944 #53CD44

split-complementary

#4498CD #CD4453 #CDBE44

monochromatic

#205577 #2D78A7 #4498CD #74B3DA #A5CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4498CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4498CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498CD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498CD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.113 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6dc',
    500: '#4498cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498cd;
$custom-light: #86b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498CD

secondary

#D4B099

accent

#8247E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498CD

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

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