#4A96E6#4A96E6

#4A96E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.141 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96E6
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 1.85, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 47.38, 272.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0442 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.141 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0080, 28.9788, 78.9650)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96E6 #E69A4A

analogous

#4AE4E6 #4A96E6 #4C4AE6

triadic

#4A96E6 #E64A96 #96E64A

tetradic

#4A96E6 #E64AE4 #E69A4A #4AE64C

square

#4A96E6 #E64AE4 #E69A4A #4AE64C

split-complementary

#4A96E6 #E64C4A #E4E64A

monochromatic

#1659A0 #1D77D5 #4A96E6 #80B5ED #B6D4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4A96E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4A96E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96E6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96E6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.141 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4ee',
    500: '#4a96e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96e6;
$custom-light: #8db4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66143,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96E6

secondary

#E4C7A8

accent

#9635F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96E6

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

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