#4B96B3#4B96B3

#4B96B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.086 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B96B3
RGB	rgb(75, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -14.68, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 26.59, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0598 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.086 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9415, 26.5611, 46.6096)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B96B3 #B3684B

analogous

#4BB39C #4B96B3 #4B62B3

triadic

#4B96B3 #B34B96 #96B34B

tetradic

#4B96B3 #9C4BB3 #B3684B #62B34B

square

#4B96B3 #9C4BB3 #B3684B #62B34B

split-complementary

#4B96B3 #B34B62 #B39C4B

monochromatic

#274E5D #397288 #4B96B3 #76AFC5 #A1C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4B96B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4B96B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B96B3

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B96B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B96B3	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b96b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.086 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5c9',
    500: '#4b96b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b96b3;
$custom-light: #86b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b96b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63681,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B96B3

secondary

#C4A295

accent

#7957D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B96B3

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

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