#4496AD#4496AD

#4496AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.086 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496AD
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -17.90, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 26.48, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0669 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.086 219)
XYZ	xyz(20.8301, 26.0567, 43.4588)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496AD #AD5B44

analogous

#44AD90 #4496AD #4462AD

triadic

#4496AD #AD4496 #96AD44

tetradic

#4496AD #9044AD #AD5B44 #62AD44

square

#4496AD #9044AD #AD5B44 #62AD44

split-complementary

#4496AD #AD4462 #AD9044

monochromatic

#214A55 #337081 #4496AD #6AB1C4 #96C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4496AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4496AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496AD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496AD	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.086 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5c5',
    500: '#4496ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496ad;
$custom-light: #82b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63157,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.26059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496AD

secondary

#C1978B

accent

#7054D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496AD

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

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