#4499BE#4499BE

#4499BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.098 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BE
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -14.16, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 30.27, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0636 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.098 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0657, 27.7267, 52.8414)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BE #BE6944

analogous

#44BEA6 #4499BE #445CBE

triadic

#4499BE #BE4499 #99BE44

tetradic

#4499BE #A644BE #BE6944 #5CBE44

square

#4499BE #A644BE #BE6944 #5CBE44

split-complementary

#4499BE #BE445C #BEA644

monochromatic

#235165 #337592 #4499BE #71B2CE #9FCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4499BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4499BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.098 229.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64611,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BE

secondary

#CAA494

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BE

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

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