#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
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -9.68, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 32.33, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.055 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.103 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6140, 27.2123, 56.2219)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##4996C4	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4996C4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →