#4497B2#4497B2

#4497B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.089 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497B2
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -16.89, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 27.42, 231.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.066 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.089 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4832, 26.5743, 46.1080)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497B2 #B25F44

analogous

#44B296 #4497B2 #4460B2

triadic

#4497B2 #B24497 #97B244

tetradic

#4497B2 #9644B2 #B25F44 #60B244

square

#4497B2 #9644B2 #B25F44 #60B244

split-complementary

#4497B2 #B24460 #B29644

monochromatic

#224C59 #337186 #4497B2 #6CB1C7 #99C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4497B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4497B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497B2

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497B2	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8794B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.089 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5c9',
    500: '#4497b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497b2;
$custom-light: #83b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63609,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497B2

secondary

#C49B8E

accent

#7353D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497B2

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

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