#4499B4#4499B4

#4499B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499B4
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 15%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -17.33, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 27.77, 231.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0674 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.091 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0101, 27.3045, 47.2815)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499B4 #B45F44

analogous

#44B497 #4499B4 #4461B4

triadic

#4499B4 #B44499 #99B444

tetradic

#4499B4 #9744B4 #B45F44 #61B444

square

#4499B4 #9744B4 #B45F44 #61B444

split-complementary

#4499B4 #B44461 #B49744

monochromatic

#224D5B #337388 #4499B4 #6DB2C8 #9ACAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4499B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4499B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499B4

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499B4	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7ca',
    500: '#4499b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499b4;
$custom-light: #83b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499B4

secondary

#C59C8F

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499B4

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

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