#4497CB#4497CB

#4497CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497CB
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -8.80, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 35.26, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.057 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.112 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2259, 27.6714, 60.5527)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497CB #CB7844

analogous

#44CBBB #4497CB #4453CB

triadic

#4497CB #CB4497 #97CB44

tetradic

#4497CB #BB44CB #CB7844 #53CB44

square

#4497CB #BB44CB #CB7844 #53CB44

split-complementary

#4497CB #CB4453 #CBBB44

monochromatic

#205474 #2E77A4 #4497CB #74B2D8 #A4CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4497CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4497CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497CB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497CB	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5db',
    500: '#4497cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497cb;
$custom-light: #86b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6475,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497CB

secondary

#D3AF98

accent

#8248E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497CB

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

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