#4A96CE#4A96CE

#4A96CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96CE
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -6.23, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 36.28, 260.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0511 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.113 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8668, 27.7223, 62.4210)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96CE #CE824A

analogous

#4ACEC4 #4A96CE #4A54CE

triadic

#4A96CE #CE4A96 #96CE4A

tetradic

#4A96CE #C44ACE #CE824A #54CE4A

square

#4A96CE #C44ACE #CE824A #54CE4A

split-complementary

#4A96CE #CE4A54 #CEC44A

monochromatic

#22567C #2F77AC #4A96CE #7AB2DB #AACEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4A96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4A96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96CE

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96CE	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)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4dd',
    500: '#4a96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96ce;
$custom-light: #89b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64888,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96CE

secondary

#D6B69E

accent

#8847E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96CE

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

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