#4496D5#4496D5

#4496D5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496D5
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 213)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -4.88, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 39.80, 262.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0528 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.123 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2959, 27.8430, 66.9790)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496D5 #D58344

analogous

#44D5CC #4496D5 #444DD5

triadic

#4496D5 #D54496 #96D544

tetradic

#4496D5 #CC44D5 #D58344 #4DD544

square

#4496D5 #CC44D5 #D58344 #4DD544

split-complementary

#4496D5 #D5444D #D5CC44

monochromatic

#1D5682 #2877B3 #4496D5 #76B2E0 #A8CEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4496D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4496D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496D5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496D5	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A98D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b4e2',
    500: '#4496d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496d5;
$custom-light: #87b4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496D5

secondary

#D9B69C

accent

#8941E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496D5

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

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