#4C9DBD#4C9DBD

#4C9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.092 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DBD
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -15.19, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 28.38, 237.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0631 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.092 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2192, 29.3222, 52.5177)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DBD #BD6C4C

analogous

#4CBDA4 #4C9DBD #4C65BD

triadic

#4C9DBD #BD4C9D #9DBD4C

tetradic

#4C9DBD #A44CBD #BD6C4C #65BD4C

square

#4C9DBD #A44CBD #BD6C4C #65BD4C

split-complementary

#4C9DBD #BD4C65 #BDA44C

monochromatic

#265668 #377A95 #4C9DBD #79B5CD #A5CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4C9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4C9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DBD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DBD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.092 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad1',
    500: '#4c9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dbd;
$custom-light: #88bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65811,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DBD

secondary

#CBA89A

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DBD

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

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