#4498E0#4498E0

#4498E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.135 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498E0
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 224)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -2.27, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 43.96, 267.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0516 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.135 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0616, 29.0643, 74.6903)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498E0 #E08C44

analogous

#44E0DA #4498E0 #444AE0

triadic

#4498E0 #E04498 #98E044

tetradic

#4498E0 #DA44E0 #E08C44 #4AE044

square

#4498E0 #DA44E0 #E08C44 #4AE044

split-complementary

#4498E0 #E0444A #E0DA44

monochromatic

#185991 #217AC6 #4498E0 #78B5E9 #ADD2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4498E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4498E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498E0

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498E0	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.135 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6ea',
    500: '#4498e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498e0;
$custom-light: #89b6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498E0

secondary

#E0BDA0

accent

#8D3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498E0

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

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