#4C99B2#4C99B2

#4C99B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C99B2
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -16.41, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 26.04, 230.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0629 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.084 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4045, 27.5312, 46.2442)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C99B2 #B2654C

analogous

#4CB298 #4C99B2 #4C66B2

triadic

#4C99B2 #B24C99 #99B24C

tetradic

#4C99B2 #984CB2 #B2654C #66B24C

square

#4C99B2 #984CB2 #B2654C #66B24C

split-complementary

#4C99B2 #B24C66 #B2984C

monochromatic

#274F5C #3A7487 #4C99B2 #76B2C5 #A1CAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4C99B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4C99B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C99B2

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C99B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C99B2	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c99b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c9',
    500: '#4c99b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c99b2;
$custom-light: #87b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c99b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64396,
    "c": 0.08434,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C99B2

secondary

#C4A196

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C99B2

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

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