#4CB2C8#4CB2C8

#4CB2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2C8
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -22.86, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 30.37, 221.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0815 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.099 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3219, 37.5444, 60.3339)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2C8 #C8624C

analogous

#4CC8A0 #4CB2C8 #4C74C8

triadic

#4CB2C8 #C84CB2 #B2C84C

tetradic

#4CB2C8 #A04CC8 #C8624C #74C84C

square

#4CB2C8 #A04CC8 #C8624C #74C84C

split-complementary

#4CB2C8 #C84C74 #C8A04C

monochromatic

#246775 #3290A4 #4CB2C8 #7BC6D6 #AADAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4CB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4CB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2C8

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2C8	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9d8',
    500: '#4cb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2c8;
$custom-light: #8bc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71242,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2C8

secondary

#D2A79E

accent

#654BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2C8

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

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