#4C9BD8#4C9BD8

#4C9BD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9BD8
RGB	rgb(76, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -5.42, -38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 38.63, 261.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0517 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.12 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0918, 29.9343, 69.3026)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9BD8 #D8894C

analogous

#4CD8CF #4C9BD8 #4C55D8

triadic

#4C9BD8 #D84C9B #9BD84C

tetradic

#4C9BD8 #CF4CD8 #D8894C #55D84C

square

#4C9BD8 #CF4CD8 #D8894C #55D84C

split-complementary

#4C9BD8 #D84C55 #D8CF4C

monochromatic

#1E5C8B #297DBE #4C9BD8 #7EB7E3 #B1D3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4C9BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4C9BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9BD8

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9BD8	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e4',
    500: '#4c9bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9bd8;
$custom-light: #8bb8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66602,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9BD8

secondary

#DCBCA4

accent

#8941E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9BD8

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

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