#4497AE#4497AE

#4497AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.087 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497AE
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -18.13, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 26.67, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0676 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.087 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0874, 26.4160, 44.0237)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497AE #AE5B44

analogous

#44AE90 #4497AE #4462AE

triadic

#4497AE #AE4497 #97AE44

tetradic

#4497AE #9044AE #AE5B44 #62AE44

square

#4497AE #9044AE #AE5B44 #62AE44

split-complementary

#4497AE #AE4462 #AE9044

monochromatic

#224B56 #337182 #4497AE #6AB1C5 #96C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4497AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4497AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497AE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497AE	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.087 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5c6',
    500: '#4497ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497ae;
$custom-light: #82b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63441,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497AE

secondary

#C2988C

accent

#7054D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497AE

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

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