#4596B2#4596B2

#4596B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596B2
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -16.16, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 27.31, 233.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0643 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.089 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3933, 26.2901, 46.0579)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4596B2 #B26145

analogous

#45B297 #4596B2 #455FB2

triadic

#4596B2 #B24596 #96B245

tetradic

#4596B2 #9745B2 #B26145 #5FB245

square

#4596B2 #9745B2 #B26145 #5FB245

split-complementary

#4596B2 #B2455F #B29745

monochromatic

#234C5A #347186 #4596B2 #6EB0C7 #9AC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4596B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4596B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596B2

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596B2	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5c9',
    500: '#4596b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596b2;
$custom-light: #83b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.413,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63405,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596B2

secondary

#C49D8F

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596B2

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

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