#4C9ECD#4C9ECD

#4C9ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9ECD
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -10.68, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 33.27, 251.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0584 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.106 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2226, 30.3954, 62.2307)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9ECD #CD7B4C

analogous

#4CCDBB #4C9ECD #4C5ECD

triadic

#4C9ECD #CD4C9E #9ECD4C

tetradic

#4C9ECD #BB4CCD #CD7B4C #5ECD4C

square

#4C9ECD #BB4CCD #CD7B4C #5ECD4C

split-complementary

#4C9ECD #CD4C5E #CDBB4C

monochromatic

#235B7C #307FAC #4C9ECD #7CB8DA #ACD2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4C9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#4C9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9ECD

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9ECD	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abadc',
    500: '#4c9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9ecd;
$custom-light: #8abadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.86,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9ECD

secondary

#D5B39F

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9ECD

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

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