#4490AE#4490AE

#4490AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.087 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490AE
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -14.34, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 26.93, 237.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0599 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.087 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9942, 24.2295, 43.6593)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490AE #AE6244

analogous

#44AE97 #4490AE #445BAE

triadic

#4490AE #AE4490 #90AE44

tetradic

#4490AE #9744AE #AE6244 #5BAE44

square

#4490AE #9744AE #AE6244 #5BAE44

split-complementary

#4490AE #AE445B #AE9744

monochromatic

#224756 #336C82 #4490AE #6AABC5 #96C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4490AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4490AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490AE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490AE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.087 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0c6',
    500: '#4490ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490ae;
$custom-light: #82b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61752,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490AE

secondary

#C29B8C

accent

#7854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490AE

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

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