#4C9DCE#4C9DCE

#4C9DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DCE
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -9.81, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 33.90, 253.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0571 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.107 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1738, 30.1040, 62.8118)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DCE #CE7D4C

analogous

#4CCEBE #4C9DCE #4C5CCE

triadic

#4C9DCE #CE4C9D #9DCE4C

tetradic

#4C9DCE #BE4CCE #CE7D4C #5CCE4C

square

#4C9DCE #BE4CCE #CE7D4C #5CCE4C

split-complementary

#4C9DCE #CE4C5C #CEBE4C

monochromatic

#225B7D #2F7EAD #4C9DCE #7CB7DB #ACD2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4C9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4C9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DCE

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DCE	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9dd',
    500: '#4c9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dce;
$custom-light: #8ab9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66576,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DCE

secondary

#D6B4A0

accent

#8148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DCE

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

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