#4CB2D7#4CB2D7

#4CB2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2D7
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -18.27, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 32.95, 236.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0757 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.108 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1617, 38.2803, 70.0234)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2D7 #D7714C

analogous

#4CD7B6 #4CB2D7 #4C6DD7

triadic

#4CB2D7 #D74CB2 #B2D74C

tetradic

#4CB2D7 #B64CD7 #D7714C #6DD74C

square

#4CB2D7 #B64CD7 #D7714C #6DD74C

split-complementary

#4CB2D7 #D74C6D #D7B64C

monochromatic

#1F6D8A #2A95BC #4CB2D7 #7EC8E2 #B0DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4CB2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2D7

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2D7	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e3',
    500: '#4cb2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2d7;
$custom-light: #8cc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2D7

secondary

#DCB2A3

accent

#6D41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2D7

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

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