#4690B2#4690B2

#4690B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.090 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4690B2
RGB	rgb(70, 144, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -12.69, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 27.79, 242.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.057 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.09 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5318, 24.4610, 45.7503)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4690B2 #B26846

analogous

#46B29E #4690B2 #465AB2

triadic

#4690B2 #B24690 #90B246

tetradic

#4690B2 #9E46B2 #B26846 #5AB246

square

#4690B2 #9E46B2 #B26846 #5AB246

split-complementary

#4690B2 #B2465A #B29E46

monochromatic

#23495A #356C86 #4690B2 #6FABC6 #9BC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4690B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4690B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4690B2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4690B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4690B2	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4690b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 144, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.090 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0c9',
    500: '#4690b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4690b2;
$custom-light: #83b0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4690b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.889,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62007,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4690B2

secondary

#C4A090

accent

#7C55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4690B2

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

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