#4C9BCD#4C9BCD

#4C9BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9BCD
RGB	rgb(76, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -9.02, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 34.08, 254.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0553 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.108 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7171, 29.3844, 62.0622)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9BCD #CD7E4C

analogous

#4CCDBF #4C9BCD #4C5ACD

triadic

#4C9BCD #CD4C9B #9BCD4C

tetradic

#4C9BCD #BF4CCD #CD7E4C #5ACD4C

square

#4C9BCD #BF4CCD #CD7E4C #5ACD4C

split-complementary

#4C9BCD #CD4C5A #CDBF4C

monochromatic

#23597C #307CAC #4C9BCD #7CB6DA #ACD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4C9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4C9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9BCD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9BCD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8dc',
    500: '#4c9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9bcd;
$custom-light: #8ab8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66067,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9BCD

secondary

#D5B49F

accent

#8348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9BCD

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

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