#4497AD#4497AD

#4497AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497AD
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -18.44, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 26.51, 225.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.068 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.086 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9903, 26.3772, 43.5122)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497AD #AD5A44

analogous

#44AD8E #4497AD #4463AD

triadic

#4497AD #AD4497 #97AD44

tetradic

#4497AD #8E44AD #AD5A44 #63AD44

square

#4497AD #8E44AD #AD5A44 #63AD44

split-complementary

#4497AD #AD4463 #AD8E44

monochromatic

#214A55 #337181 #4497AD #6AB1C4 #96C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4497AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4497AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497AD

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497AD	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5c5',
    500: '#4497ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497ad;
$custom-light: #82b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497AD

secondary

#C1978B

accent

#6F54D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497AD

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

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