#4996AE#4996AE

#4996AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.084 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996AE
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -16.62, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 25.80, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0632 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.084 221)
XYZ	xyz(21.2910, 26.2831, 43.9873)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4996AE #AE6149

analogous

#49AE93 #4996AE #4963AE

triadic

#4996AE #AE4996 #96AE49

tetradic

#4996AE #9349AE #AE6149 #63AE49

square

#4996AE #9349AE #AE6149 #63AE49

split-complementary

#4996AE #AE4963 #AE9349

monochromatic

#254C58 #377183 #4996AE #71B0C3 #9CC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4996AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4996AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996AE

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996AE	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.084 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c6',
    500: '#4996ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996ae;
$custom-light: #85b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.08364,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.26285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996AE

secondary

#C29D91

accent

#7457D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996AE

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

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