#4996B2#4996B2

#4996B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996B2
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -15.39, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 26.67, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0616 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.086 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6867, 26.4414, 46.0717)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996B2 #B26549

analogous

#49B29A #4996B2 #4962B2

triadic

#4996B2 #B24996 #96B249

tetradic

#4996B2 #9A49B2 #B26549 #62B249

square

#4996B2 #9A49B2 #B26549 #62B249

split-complementary

#4996B2 #B24962 #B29A49

monochromatic

#254D5B #377187 #4996B2 #73AFC5 #9EC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4996B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4996B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996B2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996B2	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c9',
    500: '#4996b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996b2;
$custom-light: #85b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63559,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996B2

secondary

#C4A093

accent

#7756D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996B2

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

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