#4497BB#4497BB

#4497BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.096 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497BB
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -14.04, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 29.69, 241.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0626 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.096 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4166, 26.9477, 51.0241)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497BB #BB6844

analogous

#44BBA3 #4497BB #445CBB

triadic

#4497BB #BB4497 #97BB44

tetradic

#4497BB #A344BB #BB6844 #5CBB44

square

#4497BB #A344BB #BB6844 #5CBB44

split-complementary

#4497BB #BB445C #BBA344

monochromatic

#234F61 #34738E #4497BB #71B0CB #9EC9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4497BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4497BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497BB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497BB	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.096 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5cf',
    500: '#4497bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497bb;
$custom-light: #84b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.151,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497BB

secondary

#C8A393

accent

#7A51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497BB

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

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