#4CB2D9#4CB2D9

#4CB2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2D9
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -17.65, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 33.43, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.075 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.109 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4203, 38.3837, 71.3851)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2D9 #D9734C

analogous

#4CD9BA #4CB2D9 #4C6BD9

triadic

#4CB2D9 #D94CB2 #B2D94C

tetradic

#4CB2D9 #BA4CD9 #D9734C #6BD94C

square

#4CB2D9 #BA4CD9 #D9734C #6BD94C

split-complementary

#4CB2D9 #D94C6B #D9BA4C

monochromatic

#1E6E8D #2996BF #4CB2D9 #7EC8E4 #B1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4CB2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2D9

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2D9	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e4',
    500: '#4cb2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2d9;
$custom-light: #8dc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71943,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2D9

secondary

#DDB4A4

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2D9

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

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