#4C9EC0#4C9EC0

#4C9EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9EC0
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -14.80, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 29.08, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0631 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.094 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7181, 29.7936, 54.3070)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9EC0 #C06E4C

analogous

#4CC0A8 #4C9EC0 #4C64C0

triadic

#4C9EC0 #C04C9E #9EC04C

tetradic

#4C9EC0 #A84CC0 #C06E4C #64C04C

square

#4C9EC0 #A84CC0 #C06E4C #64C04C

split-complementary

#4C9EC0 #C04C64 #C0A84C

monochromatic

#26576C #367C99 #4C9EC0 #79B7D0 #A7CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4C9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4C9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9EC0

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9EC0	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad3',
    500: '#4c9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9ec0;
$custom-light: #89bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66177,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9EC0

secondary

#CDA99B

accent

#7850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9EC0

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

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