#4C9CBF#4C9CBF

#4C9CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.094 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9CBF
RGB	rgb(76, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -14.02, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 29.05, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0613 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.094 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2693, 29.0727, 53.6127)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9CBF #BF6F4C

analogous

#4CBFA9 #4C9CBF #4C63BF

triadic

#4C9CBF #BF4C9C #9CBF4C

tetradic

#4C9CBF #A94CBF #BF6F4C #63BF4C

square

#4C9CBF #A94CBF #BF6F4C #63BF4C

split-complementary

#4C9CBF #BF4C63 #BFA94C

monochromatic

#26566B #367A98 #4C9CBF #79B5CF #A6CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4C9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4C9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9CBF

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9CBF	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.094 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9d2',
    500: '#4c9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9cbf;
$custom-light: #88b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65662,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9CBF

secondary

#CCAA9A

accent

#7A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9CBF

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

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