#4490B2#4490B2

#4490B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.091 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490B2
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -13.07, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 28.07, 242.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0584 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.091 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3899, 24.3878, 45.7436)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490B2 #B26644

analogous

#44B29D #4490B2 #4459B2

triadic

#4490B2 #B24490 #90B244

tetradic

#4490B2 #9D44B2 #B26644 #59B244

square

#4490B2 #9D44B2 #B26644 #59B244

split-complementary

#4490B2 #B24459 #B29D44

monochromatic

#224859 #336C86 #4490B2 #6CABC7 #99C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4490B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4490B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490B2

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490B2	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.091 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0c9',
    500: '#4490b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490b2;
$custom-light: #82b0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490B2

secondary

#C49F8E

accent

#7B53D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490B2

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

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