#4498D3#4498D3

#4498D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4498D3
RGBrgb(68, 152, 211)
HSLhsl(205, 62%, 55%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 28%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.24, -6.69, -37.61)
CIE-LCHlch(60.24, 38.20, 259.92°)
OKLaboklab(65.38% -0.0555 -0.1061)
OKLCHoklch(65.38% 0.12 242.4)
XYZxyz(25.3655, 28.3859, 65.7576)
Luminance0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4498D3 #D37F44
analogous
#44D3C6 #4498D3 #4451D3
triadic
#4498D3 #D34498 #98D344
tetradic
#4498D3 #C644D3 #D37F44 #51D344
square
#4498D3 #C644D3 #D37F44 #51D344
split-complementary
#4498D3 #D34451 #D3C644
monochromatic
#1E577F #2979B0 #4498D3 #76B3DF #A7CFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14
#4498D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68
#4498D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D3
6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4498D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4498D31.003.146.686.68
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6821.001.001.00
##0000006.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D99D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A8BD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A7AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4498d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 242.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6e0',
    500: '#4498d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4498d3;
$custom-light: #87b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4498d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65377,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4498D3
secondary
#D8B49B
accent
#8643E5
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

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#4498D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva