#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
RGB	rgb(68, 151, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -0.66, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 45.80, 269.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0498 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.139 249)
XYZ	xyz(27.3104, 28.9052, 76.7981)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4497E3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4497E3

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

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