#4696E2#4696E2

#4696E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.138 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4696E2
RGB	rgb(70, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -0.13, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 45.66, 269.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0479 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.138 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1545, 28.6029, 76.0266)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4696E2 #E29246

analogous

#46E2E0 #4696E2 #4648E2

triadic

#4696E2 #E24696 #96E246

tetradic

#4696E2 #E046E2 #E29246 #48E246

square

#4696E2 #E046E2 #E29246 #48E246

split-complementary

#4696E2 #E24648 #E2E046

monochromatic

#185896 #2078CB #4696E2 #7BB4EA #B0D2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4696E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4696E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4696E2

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4696E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4696E2	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4696e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.138 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4eb',
    500: '#4696e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4696e2;
$custom-light: #8ab4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4696e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4696E2

secondary

#E1C1A3

accent

#9238F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4696E2

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