#4496CA#4496CA

#4496CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.111 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496CA
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -8.58, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 35.17, 255.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0563 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.111 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9468, 27.3034, 59.8737)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496CA #CA7844

analogous

#44CABB #4496CA #4453CA

triadic

#4496CA #CA4496 #96CA44

tetradic

#4496CA #BB44CA #CA7844 #53CA44

square

#4496CA #BB44CA #CA7844 #53CA44

split-complementary

#4496CA #CA4453 #CABB44

monochromatic

#215373 #2E75A3 #4496CA #74B1D8 #A3CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4496CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4496CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496CA

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496CA	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.111 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4da',
    500: '#4496ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496ca;
$custom-light: #86b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64469,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496CA

secondary

#D2AE98

accent

#8349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496CA

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

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