#4496CB#4496CB

#4496CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496CB
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -8.24, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 35.57, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.056 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.112 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0656, 27.3509, 60.4993)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496CB #CB7944

analogous

#44CBBD #4496CB #4452CB

triadic

#4496CB #CB4496 #96CB44

tetradic

#4496CB #BD44CB #CB7944 #52CB44

square

#4496CB #BD44CB #CB7944 #52CB44

split-complementary

#4496CB #CB4452 #CBBD44

monochromatic

#205374 #2E76A4 #4496CB #74B1D8 #A4CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4496CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4496CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496CB

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496CB	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4db',
    500: '#4496cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496cb;
$custom-light: #86b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64518,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496CB

secondary

#D3AF98

accent

#8448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496CB

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

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