#4497E2#4497E2

#4497E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.138 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4497E2
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -1.00, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 45.33, 268.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0501 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.138 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1728, 28.8502, 76.0733)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4497E2 #E28F44

analogous

#44E2DE #4497E2 #4448E2

triadic

#4497E2 #E24497 #97E244

tetradic

#4497E2 #DE44E2 #E28F44 #48E244

square

#4497E2 #DE44E2 #E28F44 #48E244

split-complementary

#4497E2 #E24448 #E2DE44

monochromatic

#175995 #1F79CA #4497E2 #79B4EA #AED2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4497E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4497E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497E2

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4497E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4497E2	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4497e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.138 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5eb',
    500: '#4497e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4497e2;
$custom-light: #8ab5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4497e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.481,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65933,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4497E2

secondary

#E1BFA1

accent

#8F38F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4497E2

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

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