#4C9DCB#4C9DCB

#4C9DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.104 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DCB
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -10.77, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 32.79, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0581 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.104 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8128, 29.9597, 60.9108)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DCB #CB7A4C

analogous

#4CCBB9 #4C9DCB #4C5ECB

triadic

#4C9DCB #CB4C9D #9DCB4C

tetradic

#4C9DCB #B94CCB #CB7A4C #5ECB4C

square

#4C9DCB #B94CCB #CB7A4C #5ECB4C

split-complementary

#4C9DCB #CB4C5E #CBB94C

monochromatic

#235A79 #317DA9 #4C9DCB #7BB7D9 #ABD1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4C9DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4C9DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DCB

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DCB	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.104 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9db',
    500: '#4c9dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dcb;
$custom-light: #8ab9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.732,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66436,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DCB

secondary

#D4B29F

accent

#7F49DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DCB

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

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