#4495AE#4495AE

#4495AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.087 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495AE
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -17.06, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 26.66, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0654 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.087 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7683, 25.7778, 43.9173)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495AE #AE5D44

analogous

#44AE92 #4495AE #4460AE

triadic

#4495AE #AE4495 #95AE44

tetradic

#4495AE #9244AE #AE5D44 #60AE44

square

#4495AE #9244AE #AE5D44 #60AE44

split-complementary

#4495AE #AE4460 #AE9244

monochromatic

#224A56 #336F82 #4495AE #6AB0C5 #96C7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4495AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4495AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495AE

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495AE	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7786AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.087 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b4c6',
    500: '#4495ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495ae;
$custom-light: #82b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.151,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62957,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495AE

secondary

#C2998C

accent

#7254D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495AE

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

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