#4495B2#4495B2

#4495B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.090 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495B2
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -15.81, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 27.52, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0638 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.09 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1640, 25.9361, 46.0017)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495B2 #B26144

analogous

#44B298 #4495B2 #445EB2

triadic

#4495B2 #B24495 #95B244

tetradic

#4495B2 #9844B2 #B26144 #5EB244

square

#4495B2 #9844B2 #B26144 #5EB244

split-complementary

#4495B2 #B2445E #B29844

monochromatic

#224B59 #337086 #4495B2 #6CAFC7 #99C7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4495B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4495B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495B2

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495B2	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.090 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b4c9',
    500: '#4495b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495b2;
$custom-light: #83b4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495B2

secondary

#C49C8E

accent

#7553D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495B2

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

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