#4CB0DD#4CB0DD

#4CB0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB0DD
RGB	rgb(76, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -15.33, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 34.81, 243.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0715 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.113 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5518, 37.8043, 74.0267)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB0DD #DD794C

analogous

#4CDDC2 #4CB0DD #4C67DD

triadic

#4CB0DD #DD4CB0 #B0DD4C

tetradic

#4CB0DD #C24CDD #DD794C #67DD4C

square

#4CB0DD #C24CDD #DD794C #67DD4C

split-complementary

#4CB0DD #DD4C67 #DDC24C

monochromatic

#1C6E93 #2694C6 #4CB0DD #7FC7E7 #B3DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4CB0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB0DD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB0DD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7e7',
    500: '#4cb0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb0dd;
$custom-light: #8dc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB0DD

secondary

#DFB7A6

accent

#733DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB0DD

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

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