#4498D7#4498D7

#4498D7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D7
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -5.34, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 39.92, 262.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0542 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.124 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8732, 28.5889, 68.4315)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D7 #D78344

analogous

#44D7CC #4498D7 #444ED7

triadic

#4498D7 #D74498 #98D744

tetradic

#4498D7 #CC44D7 #D78344 #4ED744

square

#4498D7 #CC44D7 #D78344 #4ED744

split-complementary

#4498D7 #D7444E #D7CC44

monochromatic

#1C5884 #2779B7 #4498D7 #76B4E2 #A9D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4498D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4498D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D7

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D7	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6e3',
    500: '#4498d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d7;
$custom-light: #88b6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D7

secondary

#DAB79D

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D7

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

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