#4996E7#4996E7

#4996E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.143 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996E7
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 35.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 2.04, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 47.92, 272.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0446 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.143 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0725, 28.9957, 79.7031)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996E7 #E79A49

analogous

#49E5E7 #4996E7 #4B49E7

triadic

#4996E7 #E74996 #96E749

tetradic

#4996E7 #E749E5 #E79A49 #49E74B

square

#4996E7 #E749E5 #E79A49 #49E74B

split-complementary

#4996E7 #E74B49 #E5E749

monochromatic

#1559A0 #1C77D7 #4996E7 #7FB5EE #B5D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4996E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4996E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996E7

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996E7	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.143 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4ef',
    500: '#4996e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996e7;
$custom-light: #8cb4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.759,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66161,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996E7

secondary

#E5C7A7

accent

#9635F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996E7

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

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