#4498D4#4498D4

#4498D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D4
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -6.35, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 38.63, 260.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0551 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.121 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4913, 28.4362, 66.4199)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D4 #D48044

analogous

#44D4C8 #4498D4 #4450D4

triadic

#4498D4 #D44498 #98D444

tetradic

#4498D4 #C844D4 #D48044 #50D444

square

#4498D4 #C844D4 #D48044 #50D444

split-complementary

#4498D4 #D44450 #D4C844

monochromatic

#1D5780 #2979B2 #4498D4 #76B3DF #A8CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4498D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4498D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D4

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D4	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6e1',
    500: '#4498d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d4;
$custom-light: #87b6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65427,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D4

secondary

#D8B59C

accent

#8642E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D4

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

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