#4996D8#4996D8

#4996D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.125 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996D8
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -3.06, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 40.79, 265.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0487 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.125 247)
XYZ	xyz(26.0440, 28.1843, 69.0200)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996D8 #D88B49

analogous

#49D8D2 #4996D8 #494FD8

triadic

#4996D8 #D84996 #96D849

tetradic

#4996D8 #D249D8 #D88B49 #4FD849

square

#4996D8 #D249D8 #D88B49 #4FD849

split-complementary

#4996D8 #D8494F #D8D249

monochromatic

#1D5789 #2878BC #4996D8 #7BB3E3 #AED0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4996D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4996D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996D8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996D8	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.125 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4e4',
    500: '#4996d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996d8;
$custom-light: #8ab4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65356,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.28187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996D8

secondary

#DCBCA1

accent

#8D40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996D8

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

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