#4499B9#4499B9

#4499B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499B9
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -15.76, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 28.91, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0655 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.094 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5286, 27.5119, 50.0126)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499B9 #B96444

analogous

#44B99E #4499B9 #445FB9

triadic

#4499B9 #B94499 #99B944

tetradic

#4499B9 #9E44B9 #B96444 #5FB944

square

#4499B9 #9E44B9 #B96444 #5FB944

split-complementary

#4499B9 #B9445F #B99E44

monochromatic

#234F5F #34748C #4499B9 #70B2CA #9DCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4499B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4499B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499B9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499B9	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7ce',
    500: '#4499b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499b9;
$custom-light: #84b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6439,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499B9

secondary

#C7A092

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499B9

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

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