#4497C2#4497C2

#4497C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497C2
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -11.77, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 31.92, 248.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0601 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.103 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1843, 27.2548, 55.0673)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497C2 #C26F44

analogous

#44C2AE #4497C2 #4458C2

triadic

#4497C2 #C24497 #97C244

tetradic

#4497C2 #AE44C2 #C26F44 #58C244

square

#4497C2 #AE44C2 #C26F44 #58C244

split-complementary

#4497C2 #C24458 #C2AE44

monochromatic

#225169 #317597 #4497C2 #72B1D1 #A0CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4497C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4497C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497C2

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497C2	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5d4',
    500: '#4497c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497c2;
$custom-light: #85b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.476,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64321,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497C2

secondary

#CDA895

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497C2

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

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