#4499B3#4499B3

#4499B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.090 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499B3
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 14.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -17.65, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 27.58, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0678 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.09 221)
XYZ	xyz(21.9086, 27.2639, 46.7469)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499B3 #B35E44

analogous

#44B395 #4499B3 #4461B3

triadic

#4499B3 #B34499 #99B344

tetradic

#4499B3 #9544B3 #B35E44 #61B344

square

#4499B3 #9544B3 #B35E44 #61B344

split-complementary

#4499B3 #B34461 #B39544

monochromatic

#224D5A #337387 #4499B3 #6DB2C7 #99C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4499B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4499B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499B3

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499B3	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.090 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7c9',
    500: '#4499b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499b3;
$custom-light: #83b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64133,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499B3

secondary

#C49B8E

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499B3

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

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