#4498DE#4498DE

#4498DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.132 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498DE
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -2.95, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 43.05, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0522 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.132 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7920, 28.9564, 73.2702)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498DE #DE8A44

analogous

#44DED7 #4498DE #444BDE

triadic

#4498DE #DE4498 #98DE44

tetradic

#4498DE #D744DE #DE8A44 #4BDE44

square

#4498DE #D744DE #DE8A44 #4BDE44

split-complementary

#4498DE #DE444B #DED744

monochromatic

#19598E #227AC2 #4498DE #78B5E7 #ACD1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4498DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4498DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498DE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498DE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.132 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6e8',
    500: '#4498de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498de;
$custom-light: #89b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65944,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498DE

secondary

#DEBC9F

accent

#8C3BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498DE

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

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