#4A96CD#4A96CD

#4A96CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96CD
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -6.56, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 35.85, 259.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0514 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.112 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7457, 27.6738, 61.7832)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96CD #CD814A

analogous

#4ACDC3 #4A96CD #4A55CD

triadic

#4A96CD #CD4A96 #96CD4A

tetradic

#4A96CD #C34ACD #CD814A #55CD4A

square

#4A96CD #C34ACD #CD814A #55CD4A

split-complementary

#4A96CD #CD4A55 #CDC34A

monochromatic

#22557B #2F77AB #4A96CD #7AB2DA #AACEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4A96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4A96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96CD

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96CD	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4dc',
    500: '#4a96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96cd;
$custom-light: #89b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.191,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64838,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96CD

secondary

#D5B59E

accent

#8848E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96CD

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

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