#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
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 211)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 28%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -6.69, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 38.20, 259.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0555 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.12 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3655, 28.3859, 65.7576)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##4498D3	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4498D3

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

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