#4CB2CD#4CB2CD

#4CB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2CD
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -21.35, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 31.00, 226.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0795 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.101 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9159, 37.7819, 63.4618)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2CD #CD674C

analogous

#4CCDA7 #4CB2CD #4C72CD

triadic

#4CB2CD #CD4CB2 #B2CD4C

tetradic

#4CB2CD #A74CCD #CD674C #72CD4C

square

#4CB2CD #A74CCD #CD674C #72CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB2CD #CD4C72 #CDA74C

monochromatic

#23697C #3092AC #4CB2CD #7CC7DA #ACDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4CB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2CD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2CD	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)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9dc',
    500: '#4cb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2cd;
$custom-light: #8bc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2CD

secondary

#D5AB9F

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2CD

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

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