#4499E8#4499E8

#4499E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.143 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499E8
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -0.09, -47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 47.28, 269.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0503 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.143 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3351, 29.8345, 80.5936)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499E8 #E89344

analogous

#44E8E5 #4499E8 #4447E8

triadic

#4499E8 #E84499 #99E844

tetradic

#4499E8 #E544E8 #E89344 #47E844

square

#4499E8 #E544E8 #E89344 #47E844

split-complementary

#4499E8 #E84447 #E8E544

monochromatic

#135B9E #1A7BD5 #4499E8 #7AB7EF #B1D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4499E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4499E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499E8

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499E8	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.143 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6ef',
    500: '#4499e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499e8;
$custom-light: #8bb6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.902,
    "s": 78.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499E8

secondary

#E4C3A4

accent

#9033F5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499E8

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

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