#4496E2#4496E2

#4496E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.139 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496E2
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -0.42, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 45.77, 269.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0491 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.139 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0126, 28.5297, 76.0199)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496E2 #E29044

analogous

#44E2DF #4496E2 #4447E2

triadic

#4496E2 #E24496 #96E244

tetradic

#4496E2 #DF44E2 #E29044 #47E244

square

#4496E2 #DF44E2 #E29044 #47E244

split-complementary

#4496E2 #E24447 #E2DF44

monochromatic

#175895 #1F78CA #4496E2 #79B4EA #AED1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4496E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4496E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496E2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496E2	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.139 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4eb',
    500: '#4496e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496e2;
$custom-light: #8ab4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.861,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65709,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496E2

secondary

#E1C0A1

accent

#9038F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496E2

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