#4495E2#4495E2

#4495E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.140 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4495E2
RGB	rgb(68, 149, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 0.16, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 46.21, 270.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0482 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.14 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8537, 28.2119, 75.9670)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4495E2 #E29144

analogous

#44E2E0 #4495E2 #4446E2

triadic

#4495E2 #E24495 #95E244

tetradic

#4495E2 #E044E2 #E29144 #46E244

square

#4495E2 #E044E2 #E29144 #46E244

split-complementary

#4495E2 #E24446 #E2E044

monochromatic

#175795 #1F77CA #4495E2 #79B3EA #AED1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4495E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4495E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4495E2

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4495E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4495E2	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7299E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4495e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 149, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.140 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab3eb',
    500: '#4495e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4495e2;
$custom-light: #8ab3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4495e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.241,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65486,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4495E2

secondary

#E1C0A1

accent

#9238F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4495E2

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