#4696B3#4696B3

#4696B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.089 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4696B3
RGB	rgb(70, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -15.66, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 27.38, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0632 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.089 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5656, 26.3673, 46.5920)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4696B3 #B36346

analogous

#46B39A #4696B3 #4660B3

triadic

#4696B3 #B34696 #96B346

tetradic

#4696B3 #9A46B3 #B36346 #60B346

square

#4696B3 #9A46B3 #B36346 #60B346

split-complementary

#4696B3 #B34660 #B39A46

monochromatic

#244C5B #357187 #4696B3 #6FB0C7 #9BC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4696B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4696B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4696B3

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4696B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4696B3	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4696b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.089 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b5c9',
    500: '#4696b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4696b3;
$custom-light: #84b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4696b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.963,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4696B3

secondary

#C49E90

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4696B3

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

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