#4490BE#4490BE

#4490BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490BE
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -9.17, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 32.22, 253.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0541 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.102 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6479, 24.8910, 52.3688)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490BE #BE7244

analogous

#44BEAF #4490BE #4453BE

triadic

#4490BE #BE4490 #90BE44

tetradic

#4490BE #AF44BE #BE7244 #53BE44

square

#4490BE #AF44BE #BE7244 #53BE44

split-complementary

#4490BE #BE4453 #BEAF44

monochromatic

#234C65 #336E92 #4490BE #71ABCE #9FC6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4490BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4490BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490BE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490BE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 238.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490BE

secondary

#CAA894

accent

#8350D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490BE

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

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