#4996C4#4996C4

#4996C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.103 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4996C4
RGBrgb(73, 150, 196)
HSLhsl(202, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(202, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.17, -9.68, -30.85)
CIE-LCHlch(59.17, 32.33, 252.57°)
OKLaboklab(64.37% -0.055 -0.0865)
OKLCHoklch(64.37% 0.103 237.5)
XYZxyz(23.6140, 27.2123, 56.2219)
Luminance0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4996C4 #C47749
analogous
#49C4B4 #4996C4 #4959C4
triadic
#4996C4 #C44996 #96C449
tetradic
#4996C4 #B449C4 #C47749 #59C449
square
#4996C4 #B449C4 #C47749 #59C449
split-complementary
#4996C4 #C44959 #C4B449
monochromatic
#24536F #33759D #4996C4 #77B1D3 #A5CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#4996C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44
#4996C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996C4
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4996C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4996C41.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8195C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7089C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A2A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4996c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.103 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b4d6',
    500: '#4996c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4996c4;
$custom-light: #87b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4996c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.439,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64366,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4996C4
secondary
#CFAE9A
accent
#824DDB
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F6FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8083

Preview Lab

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#4996C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva