#4996B4#4996B4

#4996B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.088 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996B4
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -14.77, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 27.16, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0608 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.088 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8890, 26.5223, 47.1369)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996B4 #B46749

analogous

#49B49C #4996B4 #4961B4

triadic

#4996B4 #B44996 #96B449

tetradic

#4996B4 #9C49B4 #B46749 #61B449

square

#4996B4 #9C49B4 #B46749 #61B449

split-complementary

#4996B4 #B44961 #B49C49

monochromatic

#264D5D #377288 #4996B4 #74AFC7 #9FC8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4996B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4996B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996B4

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996B4	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#8693B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.088 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5ca',
    500: '#4996b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996b4;
$custom-light: #85b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996B4

secondary

#C5A294

accent

#7956D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996B4

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

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