#4499BC#4499BC

#4499BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.097 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BC
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -14.81, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 29.70, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0644 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.097 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8487, 27.6399, 51.6981)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BC #BC6744

analogous

#44BCA3 #4499BC #445DBC

triadic

#4499BC #BC4499 #99BC44

tetradic

#4499BC #A344BC #BC6744 #5DBC44

square

#4499BC #A344BC #BC6744 #5DBC44

split-complementary

#4499BC #BC445D #BCA344

monochromatic

#235062 #33758F #4499BC #71B2CC #9ECADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4499BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4499BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BC

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BC	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.097 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7d0',
    500: '#4499bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499bc;
$custom-light: #84b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64522,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BC

secondary

#C9A393

accent

#7851D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BC

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

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