#4CB3DA#4CB3DA

#4CB3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3DA
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -17.86, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 33.58, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0756 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.11 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7504, 38.8353, 72.1387)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3DA #DA734C

analogous

#4CDABA #4CB3DA #4C6CDA

triadic

#4CB3DA #DA4CB3 #B3DA4C

tetradic

#4CB3DA #BA4CDA #DA734C #6CDA4C

square

#4CB3DA #BA4CDA #DA734C #6CDA4C

split-complementary

#4CB3DA #DA4C6C #DABA4C

monochromatic

#1D6F8E #2897C1 #4CB3DA #7FC9E4 #B1DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4CB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3DA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3DA	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e5',
    500: '#4cb3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3da;
$custom-light: #8dc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3DA

secondary

#DDB4A4

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3DA

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

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