#4496CE#4496CE

#4496CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.116 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496CE
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -7.24, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 36.79, 258.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.055 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.116 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4266, 27.4953, 62.4004)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496CE #CE7C44

analogous

#44CEC1 #4496CE #4451CE

triadic

#4496CE #CE4496 #96CE44

tetradic

#4496CE #C144CE #CE7C44 #51CE44

square

#4496CE #C144CE #CE7C44 #51CE44

split-complementary

#4496CE #CE4451 #CEC144

monochromatic

#1F5478 #2C76A9 #4496CE #74B1DB #A5CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4496CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4496CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496CE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496CE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.116 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4dd',
    500: '#4496ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496ce;
$custom-light: #86b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64666,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496CE

secondary

#D4B199

accent

#8546E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496CE

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

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