#4497CE#4497CE

#4497CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497CE
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -7.80, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 36.46, 257.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.056 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.115 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5868, 27.8158, 62.4538)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497CE #CE7B44

analogous

#44CEC0 #4497CE #4452CE

triadic

#4497CE #CE4497 #97CE44

tetradic

#4497CE #C044CE #CE7B44 #52CE44

square

#4497CE #C044CE #CE7B44 #52CE44

split-complementary

#4497CE #CE4452 #CEC044

monochromatic

#1F5578 #2C77A9 #4497CE #74B2DB #A5CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4497CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4497CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497CE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497CE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5dd',
    500: '#4497ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497ce;
$custom-light: #86b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64897,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497CE

secondary

#D4B199

accent

#8446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497CE

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

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