#4498CE#4498CE

#4498CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498CE
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -8.37, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 36.14, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0571 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.114 240)
XYZ	xyz(24.7484, 28.1390, 62.5076)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498CE #CE7A44

analogous

#44CEBF #4498CE #4453CE

triadic

#4498CE #CE4498 #98CE44

tetradic

#4498CE #BF44CE #CE7A44 #53CE44

square

#4498CE #BF44CE #CE7A44 #53CE44

split-complementary

#4498CE #CE4453 #CEBF44

monochromatic

#1F5578 #2C78A9 #4498CE #74B3DB #A5CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4498CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4498CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498CE

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498CE	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6dd',
    500: '#4498ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498ce;
$custom-light: #86b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.28142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498CE

secondary

#D4B099

accent

#8346E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498CE

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

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