#4596CB#4596CB

#4596CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.112 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4596CB
RGB	rgb(69, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -8.08, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 35.48, 256.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0554 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.112 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1360, 27.3872, 60.5026)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4596CB #CB7A45

analogous

#45CBBD #4596CB #4553CB

triadic

#4596CB #CB4596 #96CB45

tetradic

#4596CB #BD45CB #CB7A45 #53CB45

square

#4596CB #BD45CB #CB7A45 #53CB45

split-complementary

#4596CB #CB4553 #CBBD45

monochromatic

#215475 #2E76A5 #4596CB #75B1D8 #A5CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4596CB

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4596CB	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.112 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4db',
    500: '#4596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4596cb;
$custom-light: #86b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.731,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64553,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4596CB

secondary

#D3B099

accent

#8448E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4596CB

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

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