#4496B2#4496B2

#4496B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496B2
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -16.35, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 27.46, 233.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0649 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.089 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3229, 26.2538, 46.0546)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496B2 #B26044

analogous

#44B297 #4496B2 #445FB2

triadic

#4496B2 #B24496 #96B244

tetradic

#4496B2 #9744B2 #B26044 #5FB244

square

#4496B2 #9744B2 #B26044 #5FB244

split-complementary

#4496B2 #B2445F #B29744

monochromatic

#224B59 #337186 #4496B2 #6CB0C7 #99C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496B2

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496B2	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5c9',
    500: '#4496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496b2;
$custom-light: #83b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63368,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496B2

secondary

#C49C8E

accent

#7453D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496B2

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

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