#4996E6#4996E6

#4996E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.142 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4996E6
RGBrgb(73, 150, 230)
HSLhsl(211, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(211, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.73, 1.70, -47.40)
CIE-LCHlch(60.73, 47.43, 272.05°)
OKLaboklab(66.11% -0.0448 -0.1346)
OKLCHoklch(66.11% 0.142 251.6)
XYZxyz(27.9316, 28.9394, 78.9614)
Luminance0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4996E6 #E69949
analogous
#49E5E6 #4996E6 #4B49E6
triadic
#4996E6 #E64996 #96E649
tetradic
#4996E6 #E649E5 #E69949 #49E64B
square
#4996E6 #E649E5 #E69949 #49E64B
split-complementary
#4996E6 #E64B49 #E5E649
monochromatic
#16599F #1D77D5 #4996E6 #7FB5ED #B5D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09
#4996E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79
#4996E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996E6
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4996E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4996E61.003.096.796.79
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7921.001.001.00
##0000006.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#729BE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C8CE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4996e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.142 251.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4ee',
    500: '#4996e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4996e6;
$custom-light: #8cb4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4996e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.573,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66106,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4996E6
secondary
#E4C6A7
accent
#9635F2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4996E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva