#4498D2#4498D2

#4498D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D2
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 210)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -7.03, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 37.78, 259.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0558 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.119 242)
XYZ	xyz(25.2405, 28.3359, 65.0994)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D2 #D27E44

analogous

#44D2C5 #4498D2 #4451D2

triadic

#4498D2 #D24498 #98D244

tetradic

#4498D2 #C544D2 #D27E44 #51D244

square

#4498D2 #C544D2 #D27E44 #51D244

split-complementary

#4498D2 #D24451 #D2C544

monochromatic

#1E577D #2A79AF #4498D2 #75B3DE #A7CEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4498D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4498D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D2

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D2	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E99D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6e0',
    500: '#4498d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d2;
$custom-light: #87b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65327,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.28339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D2

secondary

#D7B39B

accent

#8543E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D2

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

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