#4498D8#4498D8

#4498D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D8
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -5.00, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 40.36, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0539 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.125 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0021, 28.6405, 69.1102)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D8 #D88444

analogous

#44D8CE #4498D8 #444ED8

triadic

#4498D8 #D84498 #98D844

tetradic

#4498D8 #CE44D8 #D88444 #4ED844

square

#4498D8 #CE44D8 #D88444 #4ED844

split-complementary

#4498D8 #D8444E #D8CE44

monochromatic

#1C5886 #2679B8 #4498D8 #77B4E3 #A9D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4498D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4498D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D8

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D8	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6e4',
    500: '#4498d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d8;
$custom-light: #88b6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65631,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D8

secondary

#DBB89D

accent

#883FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D8

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

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