#4996B3#4996B3

#4996B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.087 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996B3
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -15.08, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 26.91, 235.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0612 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.087 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7875, 26.4817, 46.6024)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996B3 #B36649

analogous

#49B39B #4996B3 #4961B3

triadic

#4996B3 #B34996 #96B349

tetradic

#4996B3 #9B49B3 #B36649 #61B349

square

#4996B3 #9B49B3 #B36649 #61B349

split-complementary

#4996B3 #B34961 #B39B49

monochromatic

#264D5C #377288 #4996B3 #73AFC6 #9FC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4996B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4996B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996B3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996B3	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.087 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c9',
    500: '#4996b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996b3;
$custom-light: #85b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.08717,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996B3

secondary

#C4A193

accent

#7856D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996B3

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

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