#4C9DB3#4C9DB3

#4C9DB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.085 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DB3
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -18.24, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 26.27, 226.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.067 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.085 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1709, 28.9029, 46.9968)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DB3 #B3624C

analogous

#4CB396 #4C9DB3 #4C69B3

triadic

#4C9DB3 #B34C9D #9DB34C

tetradic

#4C9DB3 #964CB3 #B3624C #69B34C

square

#4C9DB3 #964CB3 #B3624C #69B34C

split-complementary

#4C9DB3 #B34C69 #B3964C

monochromatic

#28525D #3A7788 #4C9DB3 #77B5C5 #A2CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4C9DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4C9DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DB3

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DB3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.085 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bac9',
    500: '#4c9db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9db3;
$custom-light: #87bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.816,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65394,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DB3

secondary

#C4A096

accent

#7158D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DB3

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

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