#4495C6#4495C6

#4495C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495C6
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -9.34, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 33.90, 254.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0566 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.108 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3205, 26.7986, 57.3588)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495C6 #C67544

analogous

#44C6B6 #4495C6 #4454C6

triadic

#4495C6 #C64495 #95C644

tetradic

#4495C6 #B644C6 #C67544 #54C644

square

#4495C6 #B644C6 #C67544 #54C644

split-complementary

#4495C6 #C64454 #C6B644

monochromatic

#22516E #30749D #4495C6 #73B0D4 #A2CAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495C6

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495C6	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E95C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d7',
    500: '#4495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495c6;
$custom-light: #85b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64042,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495C6

secondary

#CFAC97

accent

#824BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495C6

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

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