#4497E3#4497E3

#4497E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.139 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4497E3
RGBrgb(68, 151, 227)
HSLhsl(209, 74%, 58%)
HSVhsv(209, 70%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(60.70, -0.66, -45.79)
CIE-LCHlch(60.70, 45.80, 269.18°)
OKLaboklab(65.99% -0.0498 -0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(65.99% 0.139 249)
XYZxyz(27.3104, 28.9052, 76.7981)
Luminance0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4497E3 #E39044
analogous
#44E3DF #4497E3 #4448E3
triadic
#4497E3 #E34497 #97E344
tetradic
#4497E3 #DF44E3 #E39044 #48E344
square
#4497E3 #DF44E3 #E39044 #48E344
split-complementary
#4497E3 #E34448 #E3DF44
monochromatic
#165996 #1E79CB #4497E3 #79B5EB #AED2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10
#4497E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78
#4497E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4497E3
6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4497E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4497E31.003.106.786.78
#FFFFFF3.101.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7821.001.001.00
##0000006.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#759BE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E8CE2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4497e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 151, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.139 249.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5ec',
    500: '#4497e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4497e3;
$custom-light: #8ab5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4497e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.679,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65987,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4497E3
secondary
#E1C0A2
accent
#9037F1
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4497E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva