#4699BD#4699BD

#4699BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.096 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4699BD
RGB	rgb(70, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -14.13, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 29.72, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0627 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.096 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0987, 27.7563, 52.2744)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4699BD #BD6A46

analogous

#46BDA5 #4699BD #465DBD

triadic

#4699BD #BD4699 #99BD46

tetradic

#4699BD #A546BD #BD6A46 #5DBD46

square

#4699BD #A546BD #BD6A46 #5DBD46

split-complementary

#4699BD #BD465D #BDA546

monochromatic

#245165 #347592 #4699BD #73B2CD #A0CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4699BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4699BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4699BD

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4699BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4699BD	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4699bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.096 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7d1',
    500: '#4699bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4699bd;
$custom-light: #85b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4699bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64638,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4699BD

secondary

#CAA595

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4699BD

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

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