#4496D9#4496D9

#4496D9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.128 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496D9
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 217)
HSL	hsl(207, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -3.51, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 41.59, 265.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0517 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.128 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8099, 28.0486, 69.6859)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496D9 #D98744

analogous

#44D9D1 #4496D9 #444BD9

triadic

#4496D9 #D94496 #96D944

tetradic

#4496D9 #D144D9 #D98744 #4BD944

square

#4496D9 #D144D9 #D98744 #4BD944

split-complementary

#4496D9 #D9444B #D9D144

monochromatic

#1B5787 #2677BA #4496D9 #77B3E3 #AACFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4496D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4496D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496D9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496D9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7898DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.128 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4e5',
    500: '#4496d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496d9;
$custom-light: #88b4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.98,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65228,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496D9

secondary

#DBB99E

accent

#8B3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496D9

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

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