#4C9CD8#4C9CD8

#4C9CD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.119 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9CD8
RGB	rgb(76, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -5.98, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 38.27, 261.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0528 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.119 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2589, 30.2685, 69.3583)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9CD8 #D8884C

analogous

#4CD8CE #4C9CD8 #4C56D8

triadic

#4C9CD8 #D84C9C #9CD84C

tetradic

#4C9CD8 #CE4CD8 #D8884C #56D84C

square

#4C9CD8 #CE4CD8 #D8884C #56D84C

split-complementary

#4C9CD8 #D84C56 #D8CE4C

monochromatic

#1E5D8B #297EBE #4C9CD8 #7EB8E3 #B1D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4C9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#4C9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9CD8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9CD8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.119 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9e4',
    500: '#4c9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9cd8;
$custom-light: #8cb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6683,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9CD8

secondary

#DCBCA4

accent

#8841E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9CD8

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

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