#4C9CD1#4C9CD1

#4C9CD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.111 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9CD1
RGB	rgb(76, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -8.28, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 35.36, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.055 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.111 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3732, 29.9142, 64.6934)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9CD1 #D1814C

analogous

#4CD1C3 #4C9CD1 #4C59D1

triadic

#4C9CD1 #D14C9C #9CD14C

tetradic

#4C9CD1 #C34CD1 #D1814C #59D14C

square

#4C9CD1 #C34CD1 #D1814C #59D14C

split-complementary

#4C9CD1 #D14C59 #D1C34C

monochromatic

#215B81 #2E7DB2 #4C9CD1 #7DB7DE #ADD2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4C9CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4C9CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9CD1

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9CD1	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.111 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9df',
    500: '#4c9cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9cd1;
$custom-light: #8bb9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.91,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9CD1

secondary

#D8B7A1

accent

#8446E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9CD1

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

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