#4497C6#4497C6

#4497C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.107 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497C6
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -10.46, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 33.35, 251.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0587 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.107 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6396, 27.4369, 57.4651)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497C6 #C67344

analogous

#44C6B4 #4497C6 #4456C6

triadic

#4497C6 #C64497 #97C644

tetradic

#4497C6 #B444C6 #C67344 #56C644

square

#4497C6 #B444C6 #C67344 #56C644

split-complementary

#4497C6 #C64456 #C6B444

monochromatic

#22526E #30769D #4497C6 #73B1D4 #A2CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4497C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4497C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497C6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497C6	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.107 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5d7',
    500: '#4497c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497c6;
$custom-light: #85b5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64509,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497C6

secondary

#CFAB97

accent

#804BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497C6

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

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