#4496C9#4496C9

#4496C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C9
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -8.91, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 34.77, 255.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0567 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.11 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8288, 27.2562, 59.2522)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C9 #C97744

analogous

#44C9BA #4496C9 #4453C9

triadic

#4496C9 #C94496 #96C944

tetradic

#4496C9 #BA44C9 #C97744 #53C944

square

#4496C9 #BA44C9 #C97744 #53C944

split-complementary

#4496C9 #C94453 #C9BA44

monochromatic

#215372 #2F75A1 #4496C9 #73B1D7 #A3CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4496C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4496C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C9	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d9',
    500: '#4496c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c9;
$custom-light: #86b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.008,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6442,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C9

secondary

#D1AE98

accent

#8349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C9

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

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