#4C9DCD#4C9DCD

#4C9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DCD
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -10.13, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 33.52, 252.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0574 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.106 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0527, 30.0556, 62.1741)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DCD #CD7C4C

analogous

#4CCDBD #4C9DCD #4C5CCD

triadic

#4C9DCD #CD4C9D #9DCD4C

tetradic

#4C9DCD #BD4CCD #CD7C4C #5CCD4C

square

#4C9DCD #BD4CCD #CD7C4C #5CCD4C

split-complementary

#4C9DCD #CD4C5C #CDBD4C

monochromatic

#235B7C #307EAC #4C9DCD #7CB7DA #ACD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4C9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#4C9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DCD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DCD	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9dc',
    500: '#4c9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dcd;
$custom-light: #8ab9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DCD

secondary

#D5B39F

accent

#8148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DCD

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

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