#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
RGBrgb(68, 152, 206)
HSLhsl(203, 58%, 54%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(60.01, -8.37, -35.16)
CIE-LCHlch(60.01, 36.14, 256.62°)
OKLaboklab(65.13% -0.0571 -0.099)
OKLCHoklch(65.13% 0.114 240)
XYZxyz(24.7484, 28.1390, 62.5076)
Luminance0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4498CE1.003.176.636.63
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6321.001.001.00
##0000006.6321.001.001.00

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

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