#4495C8#4495C8

#4495C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.110 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495C8
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -8.68, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 34.68, 255.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.056 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.11 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5527, 26.8915, 58.5817)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495C8 #C87744

analogous

#44C8B9 #4495C8 #4453C8

triadic

#4495C8 #C84495 #95C844

tetradic

#4495C8 #B944C8 #C87744 #53C844

square

#4495C8 #B944C8 #C87744 #53C844

split-complementary

#4495C8 #C84453 #C8B944

monochromatic

#215271 #2F74A0 #4495C8 #73B0D6 #A3CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495C8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495C8	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.110 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d9',
    500: '#4495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495c8;
$custom-light: #86b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495C8

secondary

#D1AD97

accent

#834ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495C8

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

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