#4996CC#4996CC

#4996CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.111 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996CC
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -7.07, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 35.52, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0524 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.111 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5490, 27.5863, 61.1460)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996CC #CC7F49

analogous

#49CCC1 #4996CC #4955CC

triadic

#4996CC #CC4996 #96CC49

tetradic

#4996CC #C149CC #CC7F49 #55CC49

square

#4996CC #C149CC #CC7F49 #55CC49

split-complementary

#4996CC #CC4955 #CCC149

monochromatic

#225579 #2F77A9 #4996CC #79B2D9 #A9CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4996CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4996CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996CC

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996CC	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.111 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4db',
    500: '#4996cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996cc;
$custom-light: #88b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.733,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64751,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996CC

secondary

#D4B49D

accent

#8748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996CC

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

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