#4CB3DB#4CB3DB

#4CB3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3DB
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -17.55, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 33.83, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0753 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.11 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8817, 38.8878, 72.8300)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3DB #DB744C

analogous

#4CDBBB #4CB3DB #4C6BDB

triadic

#4CB3DB #DB4CB3 #B3DB4C

tetradic

#4CB3DB #BB4CDB #DB744C #6BDB4C

square

#4CB3DB #BB4CDB #DB744C #6BDB4C

split-complementary

#4CB3DB #DB4C6B #DBBB4C

monochromatic

#1D7090 #2797C3 #4CB3DB #7FC9E5 #B2DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4CB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3DB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3DB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e6',
    500: '#4cb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3db;
$custom-light: #8dc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3DB

secondary

#DEB5A5

accent

#6E3EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3DB

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

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