#4A96BE#4A96BE

#4A96BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.096 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96BE
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -11.43, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 30.05, 247.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0565 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.096 234)
XYZ	xyz(23.0211, 26.9840, 52.7004)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96BE #BE724A

analogous

#4ABEAC #4A96BE #4A5CBE

triadic

#4A96BE #BE4A96 #96BE4A

tetradic

#4A96BE #AC4ABE #BE724A #5CBE4A

square

#4A96BE #AC4ABE #BE724A #5CBE4A

split-complementary

#4A96BE #BE4A5C #BEAC4A

monochromatic

#255168 #367495 #4A96BE #77B0CE #A4CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4A96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4A96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96BE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96BE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.096 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b4d1',
    500: '#4a96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96be;
$custom-light: #87b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64127,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.26986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96BE

secondary

#CBAA98

accent

#7F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96BE

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

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