#4497BA#4497BA

#4497BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.095 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497BA
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -14.36, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 29.40, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.063 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.095 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3099, 26.9050, 50.4623)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497BA #BA6744

analogous

#44BAA2 #4497BA #445CBA

triadic

#4497BA #BA4497 #97BA44

tetradic

#4497BA #A244BA #BA6744 #5CBA44

square

#4497BA #A244BA #BA6744 #5CBA44

split-complementary

#4497BA #BA445C #BAA244

monochromatic

#234E60 #34738D #4497BA #70B0CB #9DC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4497BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4497BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497BA

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497BA	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.095 228.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63957,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497BA

secondary

#C8A292

accent

#7952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497BA

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

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