#4CB2DB#4CB2DB

#4CB2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2DB
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -17.02, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 33.95, 239.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0742 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.111 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6820, 38.4884, 72.7634)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2DB #DB754C

analogous

#4CDBBD #4CB2DB #4C6ADB

triadic

#4CB2DB #DB4CB2 #B2DB4C

tetradic

#4CB2DB #BD4CDB #DB754C #6ADB4C

square

#4CB2DB #BD4CDB #DB754C #6ADB4C

split-complementary

#4CB2DB #DB4C6A #DBBD4C

monochromatic

#1D6F90 #2796C3 #4CB2DB #7FC8E5 #B2DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4CB2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2DB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2DB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e6',
    500: '#4cb2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2db;
$custom-light: #8dc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2DB

secondary

#DEB5A5

accent

#6F3EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2DB

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

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