#4996BB#4996BB

#4996BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.094 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996BB
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -12.57, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 29.19, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0582 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.094 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6202, 26.8148, 50.9878)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996BB #BB6E49

analogous

#49BBA7 #4996BB #495DBB

triadic

#4996BB #BB4996 #96BB49

tetradic

#4996BB #A749BB #BB6E49 #5DBB49

square

#4996BB #A749BB #BB6E49 #5DBB49

split-complementary

#4996BB #BB495D #BBA749

monochromatic

#255064 #367391 #4996BB #76B0CC #A2C9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4996BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4996BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996BB

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996BB	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.094 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4cf',
    500: '#4996bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996bb;
$custom-light: #86b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996BB

secondary

#C9A797

accent

#7D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996BB

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

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