#4496BE#4496BE

#4496BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496BE
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -12.52, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 30.79, 246.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0605 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.099 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5809, 26.7570, 52.6798)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496BE #BE6C44

analogous

#44BEA9 #4496BE #4459BE

triadic

#4496BE #BE4496 #96BE44

tetradic

#4496BE #A944BE #BE6C44 #59BE44

square

#4496BE #A944BE #BE6C44 #59BE44

split-complementary

#4496BE #BE4459 #BEA944

monochromatic

#234F65 #337392 #4496BE #71AFCE #9FC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4496BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4496BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496BE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496BE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 232.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63901,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496BE

secondary

#CAA694

accent

#7C50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496BE

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

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