#4497B9#4497B9

#4497B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.095 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497B9
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -14.68, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 29.12, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0634 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.095 228)
XYZ	xyz(22.2040, 26.8627, 49.9044)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497B9 #B96644

analogous

#44B9A1 #4497B9 #445DB9

triadic

#4497B9 #B94497 #97B944

tetradic

#4497B9 #A144B9 #B96644 #5DB944

square

#4497B9 #A144B9 #B96644 #5DB944

split-complementary

#4497B9 #B9445D #B9A144

monochromatic

#234E5F #34728C #4497B9 #70B0CA #9DC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4497B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4497B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497B9

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497B9	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.095 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5ce',
    500: '#4497b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497b9;
$custom-light: #84b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.26865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497B9

secondary

#C7A192

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497B9

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

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