#4498D9#4498D9

#4498D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498D9
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 30%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -4.66, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 40.80, 263.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0536 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.127 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1318, 28.6924, 69.7932)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498D9 #D98544

analogous

#44D9CF #4498D9 #444ED9

triadic

#4498D9 #D94498 #98D944

tetradic

#4498D9 #CF44D9 #D98544 #4ED944

square

#4498D9 #CF44D9 #D98544 #4ED944

split-complementary

#4498D9 #D9444E #D9CF44

monochromatic

#1B5887 #2679BA #4498D9 #77B4E3 #AAD0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4498D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4498D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498D9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498D9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6e5',
    500: '#4498d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498d9;
$custom-light: #88b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.174,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498D9

secondary

#DBB89E

accent

#893FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498D9

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

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