#4C9BB3#4C9BB3

#4C9BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9BB3
RGB	rgb(76, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -17.17, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 26.23, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0648 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.085 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8353, 28.2317, 46.8849)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9BB3 #B3644C

analogous

#4CB398 #4C9BB3 #4C67B3

triadic

#4C9BB3 #B34C9B #9BB34C

tetradic

#4C9BB3 #984CB3 #B3644C #67B34C

square

#4C9BB3 #984CB3 #B3644C #67B34C

split-complementary

#4C9BB3 #B34C67 #B3984C

monochromatic

#28515D #3A7688 #4C9BB3 #77B3C5 #A2CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4C9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4C9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9BB3

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9BB3	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c9',
    500: '#4c9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9bb3;
$custom-light: #87b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64915,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9BB3

secondary

#C4A196

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9BB3

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

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