#4C99BC#4C99BC

#4C99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.092 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C99BC
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -13.33, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 28.59, 242.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0591 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.092 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4453, 27.9476, 51.7261)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C99BC #BC6F4C

analogous

#4CBCA7 #4C99BC #4C61BC

triadic

#4C99BC #BC4C99 #99BC4C

tetradic

#4C99BC #A74CBC #BC6F4C #61BC4C

square

#4C99BC #A74CBC #BC6F4C #61BC4C

split-complementary

#4C99BC #BC4C61 #BCA74C

monochromatic

#275367 #377794 #4C99BC #79B2CD #A5CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4C99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4C99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C99BC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C99BC	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.092 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7d0',
    500: '#4c99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c99bc;
$custom-light: #88b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64823,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C99BC

secondary

#CAA999

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C99BC

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

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