#4996CE#4996CE

#4996CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996CE
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -6.41, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 36.36, 259.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0518 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.113 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7904, 27.6829, 62.4174)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996CE #CE8149

analogous

#49CEC4 #4996CE #4954CE

triadic

#4996CE #CE4996 #96CE49

tetradic

#4996CE #C449CE #CE8149 #54CE49

square

#4996CE #C449CE #CE8149 #54CE49

split-complementary

#4996CE #CE4954 #CEC449

monochromatic

#21557B #2E77AC #4996CE #79B2DB #A9CEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4996CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4996CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996CE

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996CE	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4dd',
    500: '#4996ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996ce;
$custom-light: #89b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64849,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996CE

secondary

#D5B59D

accent

#8847E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996CE

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

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