#4498E6#4498E6

#4498E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.142 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498E6
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -0.20, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 46.77, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0499 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.142 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8897, 29.3955, 79.0516)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498E6 #E69244

analogous

#44E6E3 #4498E6 #4447E6

triadic

#4498E6 #E64498 #98E644

tetradic

#4498E6 #E344E6 #E69244 #47E644

square

#4498E6 #E344E6 #E69244 #47E644

split-complementary

#4498E6 #E64447 #E6E344

monochromatic

#155A9B #1C7AD1 #4498E6 #7AB6ED #B0D3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4498E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4498E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498E6

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498E6	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.142 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5ee',
    500: '#4498e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498e6;
$custom-light: #8ab5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66374,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498E6

secondary

#E3C2A3

accent

#9035F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498E6

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

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