#4490C4#4490C4

#4490C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490C4
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -7.18, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 34.63, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0521 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.109 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3172, 25.1587, 55.8938)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490C4 #C47844

analogous

#44C4B8 #4490C4 #4450C4

triadic

#4490C4 #C44490 #90C444

tetradic

#4490C4 #B844C4 #C47844 #50C444

square

#4490C4 #B844C4 #C47844 #50C444

split-complementary

#4490C4 #C44450 #C4B844

monochromatic

#224E6C #316F9A #4490C4 #73ACD3 #A1C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4490C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4490C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490C4

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490C4	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7890C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0d6',
    500: '#4490c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490c4;
$custom-light: #85b0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62779,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490C4

secondary

#CEAD96

accent

#864CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490C4

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

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