#4CB1CD#4CB1CD

#4CB1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1CD
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -20.83, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 30.98, 227.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0785 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.101 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7176, 37.3855, 63.3957)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1CD #CD684C

analogous

#4CCDA8 #4CB1CD #4C71CD

triadic

#4CB1CD #CD4CB1 #B1CD4C

tetradic

#4CB1CD #A84CCD #CD684C #71CD4C

square

#4CB1CD #A84CCD #CD684C #71CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB1CD #CD4C71 #CDA84C

monochromatic

#23697C #3091AC #4CB1CD #7CC6DA #ACDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4CB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4CB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1CD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1CD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8dc',
    500: '#4cb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1cd;
$custom-light: #8bc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1CD

secondary

#D5AB9F

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1CD

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

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