#4496D8#4496D8

#4496D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.127 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496D8
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -3.86, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 41.13, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.052 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.127 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6802, 27.9968, 69.0030)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496D8 #D88644

analogous

#44D8D0 #4496D8 #444CD8

triadic

#4496D8 #D84496 #96D844

tetradic

#4496D8 #D044D8 #D88644 #4CD844

square

#4496D8 #D044D8 #D88644 #4CD844

split-complementary

#4496D8 #D8444C #D8D044

monochromatic

#1C5786 #2677B8 #4496D8 #77B2E3 #A9CFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4496D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#4496D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496D8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496D8	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7898DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.127 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4e4',
    500: '#4496d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496d8;
$custom-light: #88b4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.757,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65176,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496D8

secondary

#DBB99D

accent

#8B3FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496D8

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

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