#4CB2DC#4CB2DC

#4CB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2DC
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -16.71, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 34.22, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0739 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.112 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8140, 38.5412, 73.4588)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2DC #DC764C

analogous

#4CDCBE #4CB2DC #4C6ADC

triadic

#4CB2DC #DC4CB2 #B2DC4C

tetradic

#4CB2DC #BE4CDC #DC764C #6ADC4C

square

#4CB2DC #BE4CDC #DC764C #6ADC4C

split-complementary

#4CB2DC #DC4C6A #DCBE4C

monochromatic

#1C6F91 #2696C4 #4CB2DC #7FC8E6 #B2DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4CB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2DC

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2DC	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4cb2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2dc;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2DC

secondary

#DFB6A5

accent

#703EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2DC

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

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