#4896B2#4896B2

#4896B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4896B2
RGB	rgb(72, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -15.59, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 26.83, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0623 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.087 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6116, 26.4027, 46.0681)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4896B2 #B26448

analogous

#48B299 #4896B2 #4861B2

triadic

#4896B2 #B24896 #96B248

tetradic

#4896B2 #9948B2 #B26448 #61B248

square

#4896B2 #9948B2 #B26448 #61B248

split-complementary

#4896B2 #B24861 #B29948

monochromatic

#254D5B #367186 #4896B2 #71AFC6 #9DC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4896B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4896B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4896B2

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4896B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4896B2	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4896b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c9',
    500: '#4896b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4896b2;
$custom-light: #85b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4896b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4896B2

secondary

#C49F92

accent

#7756D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4896B2

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

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