#4996AC#4996AC

#4996AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.082 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996AC
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -17.23, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 25.43, 227.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.064 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.082 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0975, 26.2057, 42.9681)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996AC #AC5F49

analogous

#49AC90 #4996AC #4965AC

triadic

#4996AC #AC4996 #96AC49

tetradic

#4996AC #9049AC #AC5F49 #65AC49

square

#4996AC #9049AC #AC5F49 #65AC49

split-complementary

#4996AC #AC4965 #AC9049

monochromatic

#254B56 #377181 #4996AC #70B0C2 #9BC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4996AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4996AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996AC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996AC	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.082 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c4',
    500: '#4996ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996ac;
$custom-light: #85b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996AC

secondary

#C19B90

accent

#7258D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996AC

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

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