#4CB3CD#4CB3CD

#4CB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3CD
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -21.86, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 31.04, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0805 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.101 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1156, 38.1813, 63.5284)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3CD #CD664C

analogous

#4CCDA6 #4CB3CD #4C72CD

triadic

#4CB3CD #CD4CB3 #B3CD4C

tetradic

#4CB3CD #A64CCD #CD664C #72CD4C

square

#4CB3CD #A64CCD #CD664C #72CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB3CD #CD4C72 #CDA64C

monochromatic

#236A7C #3093AC #4CB3CD #7CC7DA #ACDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4CB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3CD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3CD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadc',
    500: '#4cb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3cd;
$custom-light: #8bcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.093,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3CD

secondary

#D5AA9F

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3CD

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

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