#4498DD#4498DD

#4498DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.131 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4498DD
RGBrgb(68, 152, 221)
HSLhsl(207, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(207, 69%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.70, -3.29, -42.46)
CIE-LCHlch(60.70, 42.59, 265.56°)
OKLaboklab(65.89% -0.0524 -0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(65.89% 0.131 246.4)
XYZxyz(26.6583, 28.9030, 72.5665)
Luminance0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4498DD #DD8944
analogous
#44DDD6 #4498DD #444CDD
triadic
#4498DD #DD4498 #98DD44
tetradic
#4498DD #D644DD #DD8944 #4CDD44
square
#4498DD #D644DD #DD8944 #4CDD44
split-complementary
#4498DD #DD444C #DDD644
monochromatic
#1A598D #237AC1 #4498DD #78B5E6 #ACD1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10
#4498DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78
#4498DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498DD
6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4498DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4498DD1.003.106.786.78
#FFFFFF3.101.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7821.001.001.00
##0000006.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#799AE0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#648CDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4498dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.131 246.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6e8',
    500: '#4498dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4498dd;
$custom-light: #89b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4498dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4498DD
secondary
#DEBB9F
accent
#8B3CEC
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

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#4498DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva