#4495C5#4495C5

#4495C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.107 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495C5
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -9.67, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 33.51, 253.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.057 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.107 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2055, 26.7526, 56.7533)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495C5 #C57444

analogous

#44C5B5 #4495C5 #4454C5

triadic

#4495C5 #C54495 #95C544

tetradic

#4495C5 #B544C5 #C57444 #54C544

square

#4495C5 #B544C5 #C57444 #54C544

split-complementary

#4495C5 #C54454 #C5B544

monochromatic

#22516D #30749C #4495C5 #73AFD3 #A1CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4495C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4495C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495C5

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495C5	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.107 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d6',
    500: '#4495c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495c5;
$custom-light: #85b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495C5

secondary

#CFAB96

accent

#814CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495C5

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

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