#4CB2D8#4CB2D8

#4CB2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2D8
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -17.96, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 33.19, 237.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0753 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.108 226)
XYZ	xyz(31.2906, 38.3318, 70.7022)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2D8 #D8724C

analogous

#4CD8B8 #4CB2D8 #4C6CD8

triadic

#4CB2D8 #D84CB2 #B2D84C

tetradic

#4CB2D8 #B84CD8 #D8724C #6CD84C

square

#4CB2D8 #B84CD8 #D8724C #6CD84C

split-complementary

#4CB2D8 #D84C6C #D8B84C

monochromatic

#1E6E8B #2995BE #4CB2D8 #7EC8E3 #B1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4CB2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2D8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2D8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e4',
    500: '#4cb2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2d8;
$custom-light: #8cc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.38335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2D8

secondary

#DCB3A4

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2D8

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

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