#4497B4#4497B4

#4497B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4497B4
RGBrgb(68, 151, 180)
HSLhsl(196, 45%, 49%)
HSVhsv(196, 62%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.65, -16.26, -22.62)
CIE-LCHlch(58.65, 27.86, 234.30°)
OKLaboklab(63.7% -0.0653 -0.063)
OKLCHoklch(63.7% 0.091 224)
XYZxyz(21.6855, 26.6552, 47.1733)
Luminance0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4497B4 #B46144
analogous
#44B499 #4497B4 #445FB4
triadic
#4497B4 #B44497 #97B444
tetradic
#4497B4 #9944B4 #B46144 #5FB444
square
#4497B4 #9944B4 #B46144 #5FB444
split-complementary
#4497B4 #B4445F #B49944
monochromatic
#224C5B #337288 #4497B4 #6DB0C8 #9AC8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32
#4497B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33
#4497B4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497B4
6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4497B4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4497B41.003.326.336.33
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3321.001.001.00
##0000006.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8794B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7788B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4497b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5ca',
    500: '#4497b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4497b4;
$custom-light: #83b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4497b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.26657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4497B4
secondary
#C59D8F
accent
#7553D5
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F6F8
border
#CBD0D1
text
#0C1113
muted
#7D8082

Preview Lab

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#4497B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva