#4996B0#4996B0

#4996B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.085 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996B0
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -16.01, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 26.21, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0624 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.085 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4874, 26.3617, 45.0218)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996B0 #B06349

analogous

#49B097 #4996B0 #4963B0

triadic

#4996B0 #B04996 #96B049

tetradic

#4996B0 #9749B0 #B06349 #63B049

square

#4996B0 #9749B0 #B06349 #63B049

split-complementary

#4996B0 #B04963 #B09749

monochromatic

#254C59 #377185 #4996B0 #72B0C4 #9DC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4996B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4996B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996B0

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996B0	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.085 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c7',
    500: '#4996b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996b0;
$custom-light: #85b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996B0

secondary

#C39E92

accent

#7657D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996B0

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

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