#4496CC#4496CC

#4496CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496CC
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -7.91, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 35.97, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0557 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.113 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1851, 27.3987, 61.1289)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496CC #CC7A44

analogous

#44CCBE #4496CC #4452CC

triadic

#4496CC #CC4496 #96CC44

tetradic

#4496CC #BE44CC #CC7A44 #52CC44

square

#4496CC #BE44CC #CC7A44 #52CC44

split-complementary

#4496CC #CC4452 #CCBE44

monochromatic

#205476 #2D76A6 #4496CC #74B1D9 #A4CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4496CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4496CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496CC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496CC	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 240.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64567,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496CC

secondary

#D3B099

accent

#8447E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496CC

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

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