#4A96D8#4A96D8

#4A96D8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96D8
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 216)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -2.90, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 40.72, 265.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.048 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.124 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1204, 28.2237, 69.0236)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96D8 #D88C4A

analogous

#4AD8D3 #4A96D8 #4A4FD8

triadic

#4A96D8 #D84A96 #96D84A

tetradic

#4A96D8 #D34AD8 #D88C4A #4FD84A

square

#4A96D8 #D34AD8 #D88C4A #4FD84A

split-complementary

#4A96D8 #D84A4F #D8D34A

monochromatic

#1E588A #2978BC #4A96D8 #7CB3E3 #AFD0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4A96D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4A96D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96D8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96D8	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7998DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4e4',
    500: '#4a96d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96d8;
$custom-light: #8ab4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.887,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65394,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96D8

secondary

#DCBDA2

accent

#8E40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96D8

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

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