#4C9DC0#4C9DC0

#4C9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.094 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DC0
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -14.26, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 29.20, 240.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.062 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.094 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5482, 29.4538, 54.2504)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DC0 #C06F4C

analogous

#4CC0A9 #4C9DC0 #4C63C0

triadic

#4C9DC0 #C04C9D #9DC04C

tetradic

#4C9DC0 #A94CC0 #C06F4C #63C04C

square

#4C9DC0 #A94CC0 #C06F4C #63C04C

split-complementary

#4C9DC0 #C04C63 #C0A94C

monochromatic

#26576C #367B99 #4C9DC0 #79B6D0 #A7CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4C9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4C9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DC0

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DC0	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.094 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad3',
    500: '#4c9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dc0;
$custom-light: #89bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65941,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DC0

secondary

#CDAA9B

accent

#7950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DC0

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

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