#4498D0#4498D0

#4498D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D0
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 208)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -7.70, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 36.96, 257.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0564 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.116 241)
XYZ	xyz(24.9929, 28.2368, 63.7954)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D0 #D07C44

analogous

#44D0C2 #4498D0 #4452D0

triadic

#4498D0 #D04498 #98D044

tetradic

#4498D0 #C244D0 #D07C44 #52D044

square

#4498D0 #C244D0 #D07C44 #52D044

split-complementary

#4498D0 #D04452 #D0C244

monochromatic

#1F567B #2B78AC #4498D0 #75B3DC #A6CEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4498D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4498D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D0

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D0	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6de',
    500: '#4498d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d0;
$custom-light: #87b6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65227,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.28239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D0

secondary

#D6B29A

accent

#8445E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D0

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

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