#4497BC#4497BC

#4497BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.097 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497BC
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -13.71, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 29.99, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0622 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.097 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5240, 26.9907, 51.5899)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497BC #BC6944

analogous

#44BCA5 #4497BC #445BBC

triadic

#4497BC #BC4497 #97BC44

tetradic

#4497BC #A544BC #BC6944 #5BBC44

square

#4497BC #A544BC #BC6944 #5BBC44

split-complementary

#4497BC #BC445B #BCA544

monochromatic

#234F62 #33738F #4497BC #71B0CC #9EC9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4497BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4497BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497BC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.097 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5d0',
    500: '#4497bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497bc;
$custom-light: #84b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64047,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497BC

secondary

#C9A493

accent

#7A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497BC

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

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