#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
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -1.03, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 43.58, 268.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.047 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.132 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8339, 28.5003, 73.1800)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4996DE	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4996DE

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

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