#4496CD#4496CD

#4496CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.115 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496CD
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -7.57, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 36.38, 257.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0553 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.115 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3055, 27.4469, 61.7626)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496CD #CD7B44

analogous

#44CDC0 #4496CD #4451CD

triadic

#4496CD #CD4496 #96CD44

tetradic

#4496CD #C044CD #CD7B44 #51CD44

square

#4496CD #C044CD #CD7B44 #51CD44

split-complementary

#4496CD #CD4451 #CDC044

monochromatic

#205477 #2D76A7 #4496CD #74B1DA #A5CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4496CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4496CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496CD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496CD	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.115 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4dc',
    500: '#4496cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496cd;
$custom-light: #86b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496CD

secondary

#D4B199

accent

#8547E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496CD

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

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