#4498E8#4498E8

#4498E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.144 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4498E8
RGB	rgb(68, 152, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 0.49, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 47.73, 270.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0494 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.144 250)
XYZ	xyz(28.1722, 29.5085, 80.5393)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4498E8 #E89444

analogous

#44E8E6 #4498E8 #4446E8

triadic

#4498E8 #E84498 #98E844

tetradic

#4498E8 #E644E8 #E89444 #46E844

square

#4498E8 #E644E8 #E89444 #46E844

split-complementary

#4498E8 #E84446 #E8E644

monochromatic

#135A9E #1A7AD5 #4498E8 #7AB6EF #B1D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4498E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#4498E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4498E8

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4498E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4498E8	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4498e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 152, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.144 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb5ef',
    500: '#4498e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4498e8;
$custom-light: #8bb5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4498e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.268,
    "s": 78.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66484,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.29512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4498E8

secondary

#E4C3A4

accent

#9233F5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4498E8

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

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