#4C9BB2#4C9BB2

#4C9BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.084 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9BB2
RGB	rgb(76, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -17.48, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 26.05, 227.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0651 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.084 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7346, 28.1914, 46.3542)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9BB2 #B2634C

analogous

#4CB296 #4C9BB2 #4C68B2

triadic

#4C9BB2 #B24C9B #9BB24C

tetradic

#4C9BB2 #964CB2 #B2634C #68B24C

square

#4C9BB2 #964CB2 #B2634C #68B24C

split-complementary

#4C9BB2 #B24C68 #B2964C

monochromatic

#27505C #3A7687 #4C9BB2 #76B3C5 #A1CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4C9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4C9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9BB2

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9BB2	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.084 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c9',
    500: '#4c9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9bb2;
$custom-light: #87b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64874,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9BB2

secondary

#C4A096

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9BB2

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

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