#4499E1#4499E1

#4499E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.135 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499E1
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 225)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 32%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -2.50, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 44.01, 266.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0523 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.135 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3606, 29.4447, 75.4610)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499E1 #E18C44

analogous

#44E1DA #4499E1 #444BE1

triadic

#4499E1 #E14499 #99E144

tetradic

#4499E1 #DA44E1 #E18C44 #4BE144

square

#4499E1 #DA44E1 #E18C44 #4BE144

split-complementary

#4499E1 #E1444B #E1DA44

monochromatic

#185A93 #207BC8 #4499E1 #79B6E9 #ADD3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4499E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4499E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499E1

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499E1	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.135 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6ea',
    500: '#4499e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499e1;
$custom-light: #89b6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.516,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66329,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499E1

secondary

#E0BEA1

accent

#8C39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499E1

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

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