#4499BB#4499BB

#4499BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.096 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BB
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -15.12, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 29.43, 239.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0648 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.096 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7412, 27.5969, 51.1323)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BB #BB6644

analogous

#44BBA2 #4499BB #445DBB

triadic

#4499BB #BB4499 #99BB44

tetradic

#4499BB #A244BB #BB6644 #5DBB44

square

#4499BB #A244BB #BB6644 #5DBB44

split-complementary

#4499BB #BB445D #BBA244

monochromatic

#235061 #34748E #4499BB #71B1CB #9ECADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4499BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4499BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BB

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BB	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.096 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7cf',
    500: '#4499bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499bb;
$custom-light: #84b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BB

secondary

#C8A293

accent

#7751D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BB

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

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