#4496AE#4496AE

#4496AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496AE
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -17.59, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 26.66, 228.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0665 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.087 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9272, 26.0955, 43.9703)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496AE #AE5C44

analogous

#44AE91 #4496AE #4461AE

triadic

#4496AE #AE4496 #96AE44

tetradic

#4496AE #9144AE #AE5C44 #61AE44

square

#4496AE #9144AE #AE5C44 #61AE44

split-complementary

#4496AE #AE4461 #AE9144

monochromatic

#224A56 #337082 #4496AE #6AB0C5 #96C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4496AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4496AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496AE

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496AE	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5c6',
    500: '#4496ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496ae;
$custom-light: #82b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63199,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496AE

secondary

#C2988C

accent

#7154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496AE

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

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