#4996C8#4996C8

#4996C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996C8
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -8.38, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 33.89, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0537 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.107 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0754, 27.3969, 58.6517)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996C8 #C87B49

analogous

#49C8BA #4996C8 #4956C8

triadic

#4996C8 #C84996 #96C849

tetradic

#4996C8 #BA49C8 #C87B49 #56C849

square

#4996C8 #BA49C8 #C87B49 #56C849

split-complementary

#4996C8 #C84956 #C8BA49

monochromatic

#235474 #3176A3 #4996C8 #78B1D6 #A7CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4996C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4996C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996C8

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996C8	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4d9',
    500: '#4996c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996c8;
$custom-light: #88b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.622,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996C8

secondary

#D2B19B

accent

#844BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996C8

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

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