#4C9DB0#4C9DB0

#4C9DB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.084 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DB0
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -19.13, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 25.85, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0682 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.084 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8708, 28.7829, 45.4162)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DB0 #B05F4C

analogous

#4CB091 #4C9DB0 #4C6BB0

triadic

#4C9DB0 #B04C9D #9DB04C

tetradic

#4C9DB0 #914CB0 #B05F4C #6BB04C

square

#4C9DB0 #914CB0 #B05F4C #6BB04C

split-complementary

#4C9DB0 #B04C6B #B0914C

monochromatic

#27515B #3A7785 #4C9DB0 #76B5C4 #A0CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4C9DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4C9DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DB0

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DB0	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.084 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac7',
    500: '#4c9db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9db0;
$custom-light: #87bac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65274,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DB0

secondary

#C39E95

accent

#6F58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DB0

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

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