#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
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -16.26, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 27.86, 234.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0653 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.091 224)
XYZ	xyz(21.6855, 26.6552, 47.1733)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##4497B4	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4497B4

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

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