#4A96DB#4A96DB

#4A96DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.128 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96DB
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -1.89, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 42.11, 267.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0472 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.128 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5118, 28.3803, 71.0848)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96DB #DB8F4A

analogous

#4ADBD8 #4A96DB #4A4DDB

triadic

#4A96DB #DB4A96 #96DB4A

tetradic

#4A96DB #D84ADB #DB8F4A #4DDB4A

square

#4A96DB #D84ADB #DB8F4A #4DDB4A

split-complementary

#4A96DB #DB4A4D #DBD84A

monochromatic

#1C588E #2678C1 #4A96DB #7DB4E5 #B0D1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4A96DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#4A96DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96DB

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96DB	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7899DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.128 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4e6',
    500: '#4a96db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96db;
$custom-light: #8bb4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.552,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65551,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96DB

secondary

#DEBFA3

accent

#903EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96DB

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

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