#4499AE#4499AE

#4499AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.087 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499AE
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -19.19, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 26.75, 224.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0698 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.087 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4120, 27.0652, 44.1319)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4499AE #AE5944

analogous

#44AE8E #4499AE #4464AE

triadic

#4499AE #AE4499 #99AE44

tetradic

#4499AE #8E44AE #AE5944 #64AE44

square

#4499AE #8E44AE #AE5944 #64AE44

split-complementary

#4499AE #AE4464 #AE8E44

monochromatic

#224C56 #337282 #4499AE #6AB3C5 #96C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4499AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4499AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499AE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499AE	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.087 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7c6',
    500: '#4499ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499ae;
$custom-light: #83b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.887,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63926,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499AE

secondary

#C2978C

accent

#6D54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499AE

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

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