#4A96AC#4A96AC

#4A96AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.082 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96AC
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -17.02, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 25.25, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0633 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.082 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1739, 26.2451, 42.9717)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96AC #AC604A

analogous

#4AAC91 #4A96AC #4A65AC

triadic

#4A96AC #AC4A96 #96AC4A

tetradic

#4A96AC #914AAC #AC604A #65AC4A

square

#4A96AC #914AAC #AC604A #65AC4A

split-complementary

#4A96AC #AC4A65 #AC914A

monochromatic

#254B56 #387181 #4A96AC #71B0C2 #9CC8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A96AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4A96AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96AC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96AC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.082 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c4',
    500: '#4a96ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96ac;
$custom-light: #85b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96AC

secondary

#C19C91

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96AC

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

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