#4996CA#4996CA

#4996CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996CA
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -7.73, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 34.70, 257.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.053 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.109 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3106, 27.4910, 59.8908)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4996CA #CA7D49

analogous

#49CABE #4996CA #4956CA

triadic

#4996CA #CA4996 #96CA49

tetradic

#4996CA #BE49CA #CA7D49 #56CA49

square

#4996CA #BE49CA #CA7D49 #56CA49

split-complementary

#4996CA #CA4956 #CABE49

monochromatic

#225476 #3076A6 #4996CA #78B1D8 #A8CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4996CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4996CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996CA

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996CA	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4da',
    500: '#4996ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996ca;
$custom-light: #88b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64653,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996CA

secondary

#D3B29C

accent

#854ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996CA

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

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