#4490C8#4490C8

#4490C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490C8
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 28%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -5.84, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 36.33, 260.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0508 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.113 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7785, 25.3432, 58.3237)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490C8 #C87C44

analogous

#44C8BE #4490C8 #444EC8

triadic

#4490C8 #C84490 #90C844

tetradic

#4490C8 #BE44C8 #C87C44 #4EC844

square

#4490C8 #BE44C8 #C87C44 #4EC844

split-complementary

#4490C8 #C8444E #C8BE44

monochromatic

#214F71 #2F70A0 #4490C8 #73ACD6 #A3C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4490C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4490C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490C8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490C8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7791CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0d9',
    500: '#4490c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490c8;
$custom-light: #85b0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62979,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490C8

secondary

#D1B097

accent

#894ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490C8

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

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