#4CB2C9#4CB2C9

#4CB2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2C9
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -22.56, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 30.47, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0811 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.099 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4392, 37.5913, 60.9514)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2C9 #C9634C

analogous

#4CC9A2 #4CB2C9 #4C74C9

triadic

#4CB2C9 #C94CB2 #B2C94C

tetradic

#4CB2C9 #A24CC9 #C9634C #74C94C

square

#4CB2C9 #A24CC9 #C9634C #74C94C

split-complementary

#4CB2C9 #C94C74 #C9A24C

monochromatic

#246877 #3290A6 #4CB2C9 #7BC6D7 #AADAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4CB2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#4CB2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2C9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2C9	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	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)

#A2ADCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9d9',
    500: '#4cb2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2c9;
$custom-light: #8bc9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71282,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2C9

secondary

#D3A89E

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2C9

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

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