#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
RGBrgb(76, 155, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.60, -5.42, -38.25)
CIE-LCHlch(61.60, 38.63, 261.94°)
OKLaboklab(66.6% -0.0517 -0.1078)
OKLCHoklch(66.6% 0.12 244.4)
XYZxyz(27.0918, 29.9343, 69.3026)
Luminance0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4C9BD81.003.016.996.99
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

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

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#4C9BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva