#4C9CD9#4C9CD9

#4C9CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.120 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9CD9
RGB	rgb(76, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -5.65, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 38.70, 261.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0525 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.12 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3886, 30.3204, 70.0412)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9CD9 #D9894C

analogous

#4CD9CF #4C9CD9 #4C56D9

triadic

#4C9CD9 #D94C9C #9CD94C

tetradic

#4C9CD9 #CF4CD9 #D9894C #56D94C

square

#4C9CD9 #CF4CD9 #D9894C #56D94C

split-complementary

#4C9CD9 #D94C56 #D9CF4C

monochromatic

#1E5D8D #297EBF #4C9CD9 #7EB8E4 #B1D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4C9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4C9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9CD9

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9CD9	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.120 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9e5',
    500: '#4c9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9cd9;
$custom-light: #8cb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.957,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66879,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9CD9

secondary

#DDBDA4

accent

#8940E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9CD9

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

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