#4496C2#4496C2

#4496C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C2
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -11.22, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 32.15, 249.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.059 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.103 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0241, 26.9343, 55.0139)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C2 #C27044

analogous

#44C2AF #4496C2 #4457C2

triadic

#4496C2 #C24496 #96C244

tetradic

#4496C2 #AF44C2 #C27044 #57C244

square

#4496C2 #AF44C2 #C27044 #57C244

split-complementary

#4496C2 #C24457 #C2AF44

monochromatic

#225069 #317497 #4496C2 #72B0D1 #A0CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4496C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4496C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C2

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C2	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7088C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d4',
    500: '#4496c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c2;
$custom-light: #85b4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C2

secondary

#CDA995

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C2

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

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