#4699B8#4699B8

#4699B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.092 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4699B8
RGB	rgb(70, 153, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -15.71, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 28.37, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0646 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.092 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5653, 27.5430, 49.4652)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4699B8 #B86546

analogous

#46B89E #4699B8 #4660B8

triadic

#4699B8 #B84699 #99B846

tetradic

#4699B8 #9E46B8 #B86546 #60B846

square

#4699B8 #9E46B8 #B86546 #60B846

split-complementary

#4699B8 #B84660 #B89E46

monochromatic

#244F5F #35748C #4699B8 #72B2C9 #9ECADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4699B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4699B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4699B8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4699B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4699B8	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)

#8896BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4699b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 153, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.092 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7cd',
    500: '#4699b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4699b8;
$custom-light: #85b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4699b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4699B8

secondary

#C7A193

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4699B8

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

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