#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
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -3.29, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 42.59, 265.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0524 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.131 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6583, 28.9030, 72.5665)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4498DD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498DD

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

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