#4497CD#4497CD

#4497CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497CD
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -8.14, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 36.06, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0564 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.114 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4657, 27.7674, 61.8160)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497CD #CD7A44

analogous

#44CDBF #4497CD #4452CD

triadic

#4497CD #CD4497 #97CD44

tetradic

#4497CD #BF44CD #CD7A44 #52CD44

square

#4497CD #BF44CD #CD7A44 #52CD44

split-complementary

#4497CD #CD4452 #CDBF44

monochromatic

#205577 #2D77A7 #4497CD #74B2DA #A5CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4497CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4497CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497CD

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497CD	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5dc',
    500: '#4497cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497cd;
$custom-light: #86b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497CD

secondary

#D4B099

accent

#8447E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497CD

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

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