#4596BE#4596BE

#4596BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596BE
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -12.34, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 30.67, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0598 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.099 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6512, 26.7933, 52.6831)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4596BE #BE6D45

analogous

#45BEA9 #4596BE #4559BE

triadic

#4596BE #BE4596 #96BE45

tetradic

#4596BE #A945BE #BE6D45 #59BE45

square

#4596BE #A945BE #BE6D45 #59BE45

split-complementary

#4596BE #BE4559 #BEA945

monochromatic

#234F65 #337393 #4596BE #72B0CE #A0C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596BE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596BE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d1',
    500: '#4596be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596be;
$custom-light: #85b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63937,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596BE

secondary

#CAA695

accent

#7D50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596BE

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

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