#4496C5#4496C5

#4496C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.106 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C5
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -10.23, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 33.24, 252.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.058 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.106 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3644, 27.0704, 56.8063)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C5 #C57344

analogous

#44C5B3 #4496C5 #4456C5

triadic

#4496C5 #C54496 #96C544

tetradic

#4496C5 #B344C5 #C57344 #56C544

square

#4496C5 #B344C5 #C57344 #56C544

split-complementary

#4496C5 #C54456 #C5B344

monochromatic

#22516D #30749C #4496C5 #73B0D3 #A1CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4496C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4496C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C5	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.106 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d6',
    500: '#4496c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c5;
$custom-light: #85b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.86,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C5

secondary

#CFAB96

accent

#804CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C5

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

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