#4490C6#4490C6

#4490C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.111 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490C6
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -6.51, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 35.48, 259.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0514 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.111 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5463, 25.2504, 57.1007)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490C6 #C67A44

analogous

#44C6BB #4490C6 #444FC6

triadic

#4490C6 #C64490 #90C644

tetradic

#4490C6 #BB44C6 #C67A44 #4FC644

square

#4490C6 #BB44C6 #C67A44 #4FC644

split-complementary

#4490C6 #C6444F #C6BB44

monochromatic

#224E6E #30709D #4490C6 #73ACD4 #A2C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4490C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4490C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490C6

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490C6	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7891C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.111 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0d7',
    500: '#4490c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490c6;
$custom-light: #85b0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62878,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490C6

secondary

#CFAE97

accent

#884BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490C6

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

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