#4599B9#4599B9

#4599B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4599B9
RGB	rgb(69, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -15.58, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 28.77, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0649 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.094 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5990, 27.5482, 50.0159)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4599B9 #B96545

analogous

#45B99F #4599B9 #455FB9

triadic

#4599B9 #B94599 #99B945

tetradic

#4599B9 #9F45B9 #B96545 #5FB945

square

#4599B9 #9F45B9 #B96545 #5FB945

split-complementary

#4599B9 #B9455F #B99F45

monochromatic

#244F60 #34748C #4599B9 #71B2CA #9ECADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4599B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4599B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4599B9

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4599B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4599B9	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4599b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7ce',
    500: '#4599b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4599b9;
$custom-light: #84b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4599b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64426,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4599B9

secondary

#C7A193

accent

#7752D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4599B9

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

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