#4497C8#4497C8

#4497C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.109 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497C8
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -9.80, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 34.10, 253.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.058 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.109 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8718, 27.5298, 58.6881)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497C8 #C87544

analogous

#44C8B7 #4497C8 #4455C8

triadic

#4497C8 #C84497 #97C844

tetradic

#4497C8 #B744C8 #C87544 #55C844

square

#4497C8 #B744C8 #C87544 #55C844

split-complementary

#4497C8 #C84455 #C8B744

monochromatic

#215371 #2F76A0 #4497C8 #73B1D6 #A3CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4497C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4497C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497C8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497C8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.109 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5d9',
    500: '#4497c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497c8;
$custom-light: #86b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64605,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497C8

secondary

#D1AD97

accent

#814ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497C8

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

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