#4996CD#4996CD

#4996CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996CD
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -6.74, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 35.94, 259.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0521 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.112 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6693, 27.6344, 61.7797)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996CD #CD8049

analogous

#49CDC2 #4996CD #4954CD

triadic

#4996CD #CD4996 #96CD49

tetradic

#4996CD #C249CD #CD8049 #54CD49

square

#4996CD #C249CD #CD8049 #54CD49

split-complementary

#4996CD #CD4954 #CDC249

monochromatic

#22557A #2F77AA #4996CD #79B2DA #A9CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4996CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4996CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996CD

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996CD	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4dc',
    500: '#4996cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996cd;
$custom-light: #88b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996CD

secondary

#D5B49D

accent

#8748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996CD

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

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