#4C9ABE#4C9ABE

#4C9ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9ABE
RGB	rgb(76, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -13.25, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 29.04, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0595 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.093 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8268, 28.3631, 52.9242)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9ABE #BE704C

analogous

#4CBEA9 #4C9ABE #4C61BE

triadic

#4C9ABE #BE4C9A #9ABE4C

tetradic

#4C9ABE #A94CBE #BE704C #61BE4C

square

#4C9ABE #A94CBE #BE704C #61BE4C

split-complementary

#4C9ABE #BE4C61 #BEA94C

monochromatic

#265469 #377896 #4C9ABE #79B3CE #A6CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4C9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4C9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9ABE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9ABE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7d1',
    500: '#4c9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9abe;
$custom-light: #88b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9ABE

secondary

#CCAA9A

accent

#7B51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9ABE

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

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