#4A96B2#4A96B2

#4A96B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96B2
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -15.19, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 26.51, 235.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0609 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.086 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7631, 26.4808, 46.0753)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96B2 #B2664A

analogous

#4AB29A #4A96B2 #4A62B2

triadic

#4A96B2 #B24A96 #96B24A

tetradic

#4A96B2 #9A4AB2 #B2664A #62B24A

square

#4A96B2 #9A4AB2 #B2664A #62B24A

split-complementary

#4A96B2 #B24A62 #B29A4A

monochromatic

#264D5C #387287 #4A96B2 #74AFC5 #9FC8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4A96B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4A96B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96B2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96B2	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c9',
    500: '#4a96b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96b2;
$custom-light: #86b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63598,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96B2

secondary

#C4A194

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96B2

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

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