#4496BD#4496BD

#4496BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496BD
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -12.84, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 30.47, 245.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0608 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.098 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4720, 26.7135, 52.1062)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496BD #BD6B44

analogous

#44BDA7 #4496BD #4459BD

triadic

#4496BD #BD4496 #96BD44

tetradic

#4496BD #A744BD #BD6B44 #59BD44

square

#4496BD #A744BD #BD6B44 #59BD44

split-complementary

#4496BD #BD4459 #BDA744

monochromatic

#234F63 #337391 #4496BD #71AFCD #9EC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4496BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4496BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496BD

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496BD	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b4d1',
    500: '#4496bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496bd;
$custom-light: #84b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63855,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496BD

secondary

#C9A593

accent

#7C50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496BD

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

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