#4CB0D9#4CB0D9

#4CB0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB0D9
RGB	rgb(76, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -16.60, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 33.67, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0729 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.11 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0252, 37.5936, 71.2534)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB0D9 #D9754C

analogous

#4CD9BC #4CB0D9 #4C69D9

triadic

#4CB0D9 #D94CB0 #B0D94C

tetradic

#4CB0D9 #BC4CD9 #D9754C #69D94C

square

#4CB0D9 #BC4CD9 #D9754C #69D94C

split-complementary

#4CB0D9 #D94C69 #D9BC4C

monochromatic

#1E6C8D #2993BF #4CB0D9 #7EC6E4 #B1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4CB0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#4CB0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB0D9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB0D9	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e5',
    500: '#4cb0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb0d9;
$custom-light: #8cc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB0D9

secondary

#DDB4A4

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB0D9

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

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