#4490BD#4490BD

#4490BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490BD
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -9.50, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 31.84, 252.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0544 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.101 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5389, 24.8474, 51.7952)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4490BD #BD7144

analogous

#44BDAD #4490BD #4453BD

triadic

#4490BD #BD4490 #90BD44

tetradic

#4490BD #AD44BD #BD7144 #53BD44

square

#4490BD #AD44BD #BD7144 #53BD44

split-complementary

#4490BD #BD4453 #BDAD44

monochromatic

#234C63 #336E91 #4490BD #71ABCD #9EC6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4490BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4490BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490BD

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490BD	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b0d1',
    500: '#4490bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490bd;
$custom-light: #84b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.314,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490BD

secondary

#C9A793

accent

#8350D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490BD

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

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