#4C96BE#4C96BE

#4C96BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.095 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C96BE
RGB	rgb(76, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -11.05, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 29.79, 248.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0551 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.095 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1776, 27.0647, 52.7078)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C96BE #BE744C

analogous

#4CBEAD #4C96BE #4C5DBE

triadic

#4C96BE #BE4C96 #96BE4C

tetradic

#4C96BE #AD4CBE #BE744C #5DBE4C

square

#4C96BE #AD4CBE #BE744C #5DBE4C

split-complementary

#4C96BE #BE4C5D #BEAD4C

monochromatic

#265269 #377596 #4C96BE #79B0CE #A6CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4C96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4C96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C96BE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C96BE	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.095 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4d1',
    500: '#4c96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c96be;
$custom-light: #88b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64207,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C96BE

secondary

#CCAB9A

accent

#8051D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C96BE

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

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