#4491C9#4491C9

#4491C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4491C9
RGB	rgb(68, 145, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 27.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -6.08, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 36.41, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0515 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.114 243)
XYZ	xyz(23.0479, 25.6944, 58.9919)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4491C9 #C97C44

analogous

#44C9BE #4491C9 #444EC9

triadic

#4491C9 #C94491 #91C944

tetradic

#4491C9 #BE44C9 #C97C44 #4EC944

square

#4491C9 #BE44C9 #C97C44 #4EC944

split-complementary

#4491C9 #C9444E #C9BE44

monochromatic

#215072 #2F71A1 #4491C9 #73ADD7 #A3C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4491C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4491C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4491C9

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4491C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4491C9	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7892CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4491c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 145, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b1d9',
    500: '#4491c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4491c9;
$custom-light: #86b1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4491c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.25697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4491C9

secondary

#D1B098

accent

#8849DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4491C9

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

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