#4496C3#4496C3

#4496C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.104 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C3
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 195)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -10.89, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 32.51, 250.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0587 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.104 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1368, 26.9794, 55.6074)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C3 #C37144

analogous

#44C3B1 #4496C3 #4457C3

triadic

#4496C3 #C34496 #96C344

tetradic

#4496C3 #B144C3 #C37144 #57C344

square

#4496C3 #B144C3 #C37144 #57C344

split-complementary

#4496C3 #C34457 #C3B144

monochromatic

#22516A #317499 #4496C3 #72B0D2 #A1CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4496C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4496C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C3

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C3	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.104 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d5',
    500: '#4496c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c3;
$custom-light: #85b4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.26,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64133,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C3

secondary

#CDA995

accent

#7F4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C3

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

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