#4497BD#4497BD

#4497BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.098 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497BD
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -13.39, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 30.29, 243.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0619 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.098 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6322, 27.0340, 52.1596)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4497BD #BD6A44

analogous

#44BDA6 #4497BD #445ABD

triadic

#4497BD #BD4497 #97BD44

tetradic

#4497BD #A644BD #BD6A44 #5ABD44

square

#4497BD #A644BD #BD6A44 #5ABD44

split-complementary

#4497BD #BD445A #BDA644

monochromatic

#234F63 #337391 #4497BD #71B0CD #9EC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4497BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4497BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497BD

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497BD	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.098 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5d1',
    500: '#4497bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497bd;
$custom-light: #84b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64092,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497BD

secondary

#C9A493

accent

#7B50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497BD

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

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