#4699B5#4699B5

#4699B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4699B5
RGB	rgb(70, 153, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -16.65, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 27.67, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0658 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.09 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2542, 27.4185, 47.8266)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4699B5 #B56246

analogous

#46B59A #4699B5 #4662B5

triadic

#4699B5 #B54699 #99B546

tetradic

#4699B5 #9A46B5 #B56246 #62B546

square

#4699B5 #9A46B5 #B56246 #62B546

split-complementary

#4699B5 #B54662 #B59A46

monochromatic

#244E5D #357489 #4699B5 #70B2C8 #9CCAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4699B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4699B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4699B5

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4699B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4699B5	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8996B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4699b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 153, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7cb',
    500: '#4699b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4699b5;
$custom-light: #84b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4699b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6429,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4699B5

secondary

#C59F92

accent

#7454D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4699B5

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

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