#4A96E9#4A96E9

#4A96E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.145 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96E9
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 2.88, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 48.85, 273.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0434 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.145 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4329, 29.1487, 81.2028)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96E9 #E99D4A

analogous

#4AE5E9 #4A96E9 #4E4AE9

triadic

#4A96E9 #E94A96 #96E94A

tetradic

#4A96E9 #E94AE5 #E99D4A #4AE94E

square

#4A96E9 #E94AE5 #E99D4A #4AE94E

split-complementary

#4A96E9 #E94E4A #E5E94A

monochromatic

#1459A5 #1B77DB #4A96E9 #81B6F0 #B7D5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4A96E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4A96E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96E9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96E9	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.145 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4f0',
    500: '#4a96e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96e9;
$custom-light: #8db4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.321,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96E9

secondary

#E6C9A9

accent

#770BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96E9

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

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