#4996C3#4996C3

#4996C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.102 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996C3
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 195)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -10.01, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 31.96, 251.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0554 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.102 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5006, 27.1670, 55.6244)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996C3 #C37649

analogous

#49C3B3 #4996C3 #4959C3

triadic

#4996C3 #C34996 #96C349

tetradic

#4996C3 #B349C3 #C37649 #59C349

square

#4996C3 #B349C3 #C37649 #59C349

split-complementary

#4996C3 #C34959 #C3B349

monochromatic

#24526E #33759C #4996C3 #77B1D2 #A5CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4996C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4996C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996C3

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996C3	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.102 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b4d5',
    500: '#4996c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996c3;
$custom-light: #87b4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.131,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64319,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996C3

secondary

#CEAD99

accent

#824EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996C3

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

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