#4996DE#4996DE

#4996DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.132 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4996DE
RGBrgb(73, 150, 222)
HSLhsl(209, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(209, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(60.34, -1.03, -43.57)
CIE-LCHlch(60.34, 43.58, 268.64°)
OKLaboklab(65.67% -0.047 -0.1234)
OKLCHoklch(65.67% 0.132 249.2)
XYZxyz(26.8339, 28.5003, 73.1800)
Luminance0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4996DE #DE9149
analogous
#49DEDB #4996DE #494CDE
triadic
#4996DE #DE4996 #96DE49
tetradic
#4996DE #DB49DE #DE9149 #4CDE49
square
#4996DE #DB49DE #DE9149 #4CDE49
split-complementary
#4996DE #DE494C #DEDB49
monochromatic
#1A5892 #2478C6 #4996DE #7DB4E7 #B1D2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13
#4996DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70
#4996DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996DE
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4996DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4996DE1.003.136.706.70
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7699E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#618BDD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A7B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4996de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.132 249.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4e8',
    500: '#4996de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4996de;
$custom-light: #8bb4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4996de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.993,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65672,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4996DE
secondary
#DFC0A4
accent
#913CEC
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4996DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva