#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
RGBrgb(74, 150, 230)
HSLhsl(211, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(211, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.76, 1.85, -47.34)
CIE-LCHlch(60.76, 47.38, 272.24°)
OKLaboklab(66.14% -0.0442 -0.1344)
OKLCHoklch(66.14% 0.141 251.8)
XYZxyz(28.0080, 28.9788, 78.9650)
Luminance0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##4A96E61.003.096.806.80
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8021.001.001.00
##0000006.8021.001.001.00

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

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#4A96E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva