#4497C3#4497C3

#4497C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.104 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497C3
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 195)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -11.44, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.27, 249.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0597 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.104 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2970, 27.2999, 55.6608)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497C3 #C37044

analogous

#44C3AF #4497C3 #4458C3

triadic

#4497C3 #C34497 #97C344

tetradic

#4497C3 #AF44C3 #C37044 #58C344

square

#4497C3 #AF44C3 #C37044 #58C344

split-complementary

#4497C3 #C34458 #C3AF44

monochromatic

#22516A #317599 #4497C3 #72B1D2 #A1CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4497C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4497C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497C3

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497C3	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8296C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.104 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5d5',
    500: '#4497c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497c3;
$custom-light: #85b5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64368,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497C3

secondary

#CDA995

accent

#7E4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497C3

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

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