#4CB0C8#4CB0C8

#4CB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB0C8
RGB	rgb(76, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -21.83, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 30.22, 223.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0793 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.098 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9269, 36.7543, 60.2022)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB0C8 #C8644C

analogous

#4CC8A2 #4CB0C8 #4C72C8

triadic

#4CB0C8 #C84CB0 #B0C84C

tetradic

#4CB0C8 #A24CC8 #C8644C #72C84C

square

#4CB0C8 #A24CC8 #C8644C #72C84C

split-complementary

#4CB0C8 #C84C72 #C8A24C

monochromatic

#246675 #328EA4 #4CB0C8 #7BC5D6 #AAD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4CB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#4CB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB0C8

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB0C8	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7d8',
    500: '#4cb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb0c8;
$custom-light: #8bc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB0C8

secondary

#D2A89E

accent

#674BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB0C8

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

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