#4499BD#4499BD

#4499BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.097 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BD
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -14.49, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 29.98, 241.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.064 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.097 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9568, 27.6832, 52.2678)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BD #BD6844

analogous

#44BDA4 #4499BD #445DBD

triadic

#4499BD #BD4499 #99BD44

tetradic

#4499BD #A444BD #BD6844 #5DBD44

square

#4499BD #A444BD #BD6844 #5DBD44

split-complementary

#4499BD #BD445D #BDA444

monochromatic

#235063 #337591 #4499BD #71B2CD #9ECADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4499BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4499BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BD	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.097 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7d1',
    500: '#4499bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499bd;
$custom-light: #84b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64567,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BD

secondary

#C9A393

accent

#7950D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BD

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

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