#4490CB#4490CB

#4490CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490CB
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -4.83, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 37.65, 262.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0499 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.117 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1326, 25.4849, 60.1883)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490CB #CB7F44

analogous

#44CBC2 #4490CB #444CCB

triadic

#4490CB #CB4490 #90CB44

tetradic

#4490CB #C244CB #CB7F44 #4CCB44

square

#4490CB #C244CB #CB7F44 #4CCB44

split-complementary

#4490CB #CB444C #CBC244

monochromatic

#205074 #2E70A4 #4490CB #74ACD8 #A4C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4490CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4490CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490CB

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490CB	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7691CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0db',
    500: '#4490cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490cb;
$custom-light: #86b0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490CB

secondary

#D3B298

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490CB

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

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