#4A96AD#4A96AD

#4A96AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.082 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96AD
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -16.72, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 25.43, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0629 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.082 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2703, 26.2837, 43.4794)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96AD #AD614A

analogous

#4AAD92 #4A96AD #4A64AD

triadic

#4A96AD #AD4A96 #96AD4A

tetradic

#4A96AD #924AAD #AD614A #64AD4A

square

#4A96AD #924AAD #AD614A #64AD4A

split-complementary

#4A96AD #AD4A64 #AD924A

monochromatic

#254C57 #387182 #4A96AD #72B0C3 #9DC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A96AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4A96AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96AD

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96AD	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.082 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c5',
    500: '#4a96ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96ad;
$custom-light: #85b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96AD

secondary

#C19D91

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96AD

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

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