#4490E9#4490E9

#4490E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.153 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4490E9
RGB	rgb(68, 144, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(212, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 38.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 5.54, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 52.06, 276.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0418 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.153 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0597, 27.0557, 80.8712)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4490E9 #E99D44

analogous

#44E2E9 #4490E9 #4B44E9

triadic

#4490E9 #E94490 #90E944

tetradic

#4490E9 #E944E2 #E99D44 #44E94B

square

#4490E9 #E944E2 #E99D44 #44E94B

split-complementary

#4490E9 #E94B44 #E2E944

monochromatic

#1354A0 #1970D7 #4490E9 #7BB1EF #B2D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4490E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4490E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4490E9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4490E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4490E9	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6796ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4490e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 144, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.153 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0f0',
    500: '#4490e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4490e9;
$custom-light: #8bb0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4490e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.364,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64778,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4490E9

secondary

#E5C7A4

accent

#9C32F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4490E9

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

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