#4499C9#4499C9

#4499C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499C9
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -10.58, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 33.93, 251.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0597 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.109 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3137, 28.2259, 59.4138)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499C9 #C97444

analogous

#44C9B6 #4499C9 #4456C9

triadic

#4499C9 #C94499 #99C944

tetradic

#4499C9 #B644C9 #C97444 #56C944

square

#4499C9 #B644C9 #C97444 #56C944

split-complementary

#4499C9 #C94456 #C9B644

monochromatic

#215572 #2F78A1 #4499C9 #73B3D7 #A3CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4499C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4499C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499C9

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499C9	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7d9',
    500: '#4499c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499c9;
$custom-light: #86b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499C9

secondary

#D1AC98

accent

#7F49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499C9

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

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