#4996AD#4996AD

#4996AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.083 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996AD
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -16.92, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 25.61, 228.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0636 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.083 220)
XYZ	xyz(21.1939, 26.2443, 43.4758)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4996AD #AD6049

analogous

#49AD92 #4996AD #4964AD

triadic

#4996AD #AD4996 #96AD49

tetradic

#4996AD #9249AD #AD6049 #64AD49

square

#4996AD #9249AD #AD6049 #64AD49

split-complementary

#4996AD #AD4964 #AD9249

monochromatic

#254B57 #377182 #4996AD #70B0C3 #9BC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4996AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4996AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996AD

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996AD	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.083 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c5',
    500: '#4996ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996ad;
$custom-light: #85b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996AD

secondary

#C19C90

accent

#7357D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996AD

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

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