#4596C6#4596C6

#4596C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596C6
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -9.73, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 33.51, 253.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.057 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.107 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5497, 27.1527, 57.4150)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4596C6 #C67545

analogous

#45C6B6 #4596C6 #4555C6

triadic

#4596C6 #C64596 #96C645

tetradic

#4596C6 #B645C6 #C67545 #55C645

square

#4596C6 #B645C6 #C67545 #55C645

split-complementary

#4596C6 #C64555 #C6B645

monochromatic

#22526F #30759E #4596C6 #74B0D4 #A3CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4596C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4596C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596C6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596C6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d7',
    500: '#4596c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596c6;
$custom-light: #86b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64311,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596C6

secondary

#CFAC97

accent

#814BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596C6

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

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