#4599BD#4599BD

#4599BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.097 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4599BD
RGB	rgb(69, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -14.31, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 29.85, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0634 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.097 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0272, 27.7194, 52.2711)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4599BD #BD6945

analogous

#45BDA5 #4599BD #455DBD

triadic

#4599BD #BD4599 #99BD45

tetradic

#4599BD #A545BD #BD6945 #5DBD45

square

#4599BD #A545BD #BD6945 #5DBD45

split-complementary

#4599BD #BD455D #BDA545

monochromatic

#245164 #347591 #4599BD #72B2CD #9FCBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4599BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4599BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4599BD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4599BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4599BD	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4599bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.097 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7d1',
    500: '#4599bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4599bd;
$custom-light: #85b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4599bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64602,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4599BD

secondary

#CAA494

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4599BD

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

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