#4596AE#4596AE

#4596AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.086 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596AE
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -17.40, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 26.49, 228.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0659 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.086 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9975, 26.1318, 43.9736)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4596AE #AE5D45

analogous

#45AE91 #4596AE #4562AE

triadic

#4596AE #AE4596 #96AE45

tetradic

#4596AE #9145AE #AE5D45 #62AE45

square

#4596AE #9145AE #AE5D45 #62AE45

split-complementary

#4596AE #AE4562 #AE9145

monochromatic

#224A56 #347082 #4596AE #6CB0C5 #97C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4596AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4596AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596AE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596AE	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.086 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5c6',
    500: '#4596ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596ae;
$custom-light: #83b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63236,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596AE

secondary

#C2998D

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596AE

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

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