#4690C9#4690C9

#4690C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.113 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4690C9
RGB	rgb(70, 144, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -5.17, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 36.61, 261.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0491 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.113 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0377, 25.4633, 58.9478)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4690C9 #C97F46

analogous

#46C9C1 #4690C9 #464EC9

triadic

#4690C9 #C94690 #90C946

tetradic

#4690C9 #C146C9 #C97F46 #4EC946

square

#4690C9 #C146C9 #C97F46 #4EC946

split-complementary

#4690C9 #C9464E #C9C146

monochromatic

#225073 #2F70A2 #4690C9 #75ACD7 #A5C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4690C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4690C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4690C9

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4690C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4690C9	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7791CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4690c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 144, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.113 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0d9',
    500: '#4690c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4690c9;
$custom-light: #86b0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4690c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.107,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4690C9

secondary

#D2B299

accent

#8A4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4690C9

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

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