#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
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 1.70, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 47.43, 272.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0448 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.142 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9316, 28.9394, 78.9614)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4996E6	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4996E6

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

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