#4499BA#4499BA

#4499BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.095 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BA
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -15.44, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 29.16, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0651 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.095 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6346, 27.5543, 50.5705)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BA #BA6544

analogous

#44BAA0 #4499BA #445EBA

triadic

#4499BA #BA4499 #99BA44

tetradic

#4499BA #A044BA #BA6544 #5EBA44

square

#4499BA #A044BA #BA6544 #5EBA44

split-complementary

#4499BA #BA445E #BAA044

monochromatic

#234F60 #34748D #4499BA #70B2CB #9DCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4499BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4499BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BA

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BA	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.095 226.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.78,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64434,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BA

secondary

#C8A192

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BA

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

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