#4596C9#4596C9

#4596C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.110 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596C9
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -8.74, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 34.68, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.056 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.11 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8992, 27.2925, 59.2555)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4596C9 #C97845

analogous

#45C9BA #4596C9 #4554C9

triadic

#4596C9 #C94596 #96C945

tetradic

#4596C9 #BA45C9 #C97845 #54C945

square

#4596C9 #BA45C9 #C97845 #54C945

split-complementary

#4596C9 #C94554 #C9BA45

monochromatic

#215372 #2F75A2 #4596C9 #74B1D7 #A4CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4596C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4596C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596C9

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596C9	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.110 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d9',
    500: '#4596c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596c9;
$custom-light: #86b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64456,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596C9

secondary

#D1AE98

accent

#8349DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596C9

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

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