#4699BE#4699BE

#4699BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.097 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4699BE
RGB	rgb(70, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -13.81, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 30.01, 242.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0624 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.097 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2076, 27.7999, 52.8481)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4699BE #BE6B46

analogous

#46BEA7 #4699BE #465DBE

triadic

#4699BE #BE4699 #99BE46

tetradic

#4699BE #A746BE #BE6B46 #5DBE46

square

#4699BE #A746BE #BE6B46 #5DBE46

split-complementary

#4699BE #BE465D #BEA746

monochromatic

#245166 #347693 #4699BE #73B2CE #A1CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4699BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4699BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4699BE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4699BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4699BE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4699be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.097 230.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4699be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4699BE

secondary

#CAA695

accent

#7A50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4699BE

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

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