#4996DB#4996DB

#4996DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.128 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996DB
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -2.05, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 42.18, 267.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0478 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.128 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4354, 28.3409, 71.0813)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996DB #DB8E49

analogous

#49DBD7 #4996DB #494DDB

triadic

#4996DB #DB4996 #96DB49

tetradic

#4996DB #D749DB #DB8E49 #4DDB49

square

#4996DB #D749DB #DB8E49 #4DDB49

split-complementary

#4996DB #DB494D #DBD749

monochromatic

#1C588E #2678C1 #4996DB #7CB3E5 #AFD1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4996DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4996DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996DB

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996DB	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.128 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4e6',
    500: '#4996db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996db;
$custom-light: #8ab4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.356,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65513,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996DB

secondary

#DDBEA2

accent

#8F3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996DB

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

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