#4499BF#4499BF

#4499BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499BF
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -13.84, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 30.57, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0633 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.099 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1754, 27.7706, 53.4190)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499BF #BF6A44

analogous

#44BFA8 #4499BF #445BBF

triadic

#4499BF #BF4499 #99BF44

tetradic

#4499BF #A844BF #BF6A44 #5BBF44

square

#4499BF #A844BF #BF6A44 #5BBF44

split-complementary

#4499BF #BF445B #BFA844

monochromatic

#235166 #327593 #4499BF #72B2CF #9FCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4499BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4499BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499BF

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499BF	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#8697C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7d2',
    500: '#4499bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499bf;
$custom-light: #85b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64656,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499BF

secondary

#CBA594

accent

#7A4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499BF

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

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