#4499B5#4499B5

#4499B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499B5
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -17.02, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 27.98, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.067 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.091 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1123, 27.3453, 47.8199)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499B5 #B56044

analogous

#44B599 #4499B5 #4461B5

triadic

#4499B5 #B54499 #99B544

tetradic

#4499B5 #9944B5 #B56044 #61B544

square

#4499B5 #9944B5 #B56044 #61B544

split-complementary

#4499B5 #B54461 #B59944

monochromatic

#234E5C #337389 #4499B5 #6EB2C8 #9ACAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4499B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4499B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499B5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499B5	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8996B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7cb',
    500: '#4499b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499b5;
$custom-light: #83b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64218,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499B5

secondary

#C59D90

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499B5

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

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