#4C9BB1#4C9BB1

#4C9BB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9BB1
RGB	rgb(76, 155, 177)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -17.78, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 25.88, 226.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0655 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.084 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6345, 28.1514, 45.8274)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9BB1 #B1624C

analogous

#4CB194 #4C9BB1 #4C69B1

triadic

#4C9BB1 #B14C9B #9BB14C

tetradic

#4C9BB1 #944CB1 #B1624C #69B14C

square

#4C9BB1 #944CB1 #B1624C #69B14C

split-complementary

#4C9BB1 #B14C69 #B1944C

monochromatic

#27505B #3A7686 #4C9BB1 #76B3C4 #A1CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4C9BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4C9BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9BB1

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9BB1	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 155, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c8',
    500: '#4c9bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9bb1;
$custom-light: #87b8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64833,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9BB1

secondary

#C39F95

accent

#7258D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9BB1

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

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