#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
RGBrgb(76, 156, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.89, -5.98, -37.80)
CIE-LCHlch(61.89, 38.27, 261.01°)
OKLaboklab(66.83% -0.0528 -0.1065)
OKLCHoklch(66.83% 0.119 243.6)
XYZxyz(27.2589, 30.2685, 69.3583)
Luminance0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4C9CD81.002.987.057.05
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0521.001.001.00
##0000007.0521.001.001.00

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

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#4C9CD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva