#4496C8#4496C8

#4496C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C8
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -9.24, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 34.38, 254.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.057 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.109 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7116, 27.2093, 58.6347)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C8 #C87644

analogous

#44C8B8 #4496C8 #4454C8

triadic

#4496C8 #C84496 #96C844

tetradic

#4496C8 #B844C8 #C87644 #54C844

square

#4496C8 #B844C8 #C87644 #54C844

split-complementary

#4496C8 #C84454 #C8B844

monochromatic

#215271 #2F75A0 #4496C8 #73B1D6 #A3CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4496C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4496C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C8	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d9',
    500: '#4496c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c8;
$custom-light: #86b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C8

secondary

#D1AD97

accent

#824ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C8

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

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