#4696C6#4696C6

#4696C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4696C6
RGB	rgb(70, 150, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -9.56, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 33.41, 253.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0564 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.106 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6213, 27.1896, 57.4184)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4696C6 #C67646

analogous

#46C6B6 #4696C6 #4656C6

triadic

#4696C6 #C64696 #96C646

tetradic

#4696C6 #B646C6 #C67646 #56C646

square

#4696C6 #B646C6 #C67646 #56C646

split-complementary

#4696C6 #C64656 #C6B646

monochromatic

#22526F #31759E #4696C6 #75B1D4 #A4CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4696C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#4696C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4696C6

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4696C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4696C6	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4696c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 150, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4d7',
    500: '#4696c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4696c6;
$custom-light: #86b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4696c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64348,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4696C6

secondary

#D0AD98

accent

#824BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4696C6

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

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