#4493B2#4493B2

#4493B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.090 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4493B2
RGB	rgb(68, 147, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -14.72, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 27.69, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0617 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.09 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8503, 25.3086, 45.8971)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4493B2 #B26344

analogous

#44B29A #4493B2 #445CB2

triadic

#4493B2 #B24493 #93B244

tetradic

#4493B2 #9A44B2 #B26344 #5CB244

square

#4493B2 #9A44B2 #B26344 #5CB244

split-complementary

#4493B2 #B2445C #B29A44

monochromatic

#224A59 #336E86 #4493B2 #6CADC7 #99C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4493B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4493B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4493B2

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4493B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4493B2	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8290B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4493b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 147, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.090 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b2c9',
    500: '#4493b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4493b2;
$custom-light: #83b2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4493b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62648,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4493B2

secondary

#C49D8E

accent

#7853D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4493B2

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

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