#4CB3DC#4CB3DC

#4CB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3DC
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -17.24, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 34.09, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0749 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.111 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0137, 38.9406, 73.5254)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3DC #DC754C

analogous

#4CDCBD #4CB3DC #4C6BDC

triadic

#4CB3DC #DC4CB3 #B3DC4C

tetradic

#4CB3DC #BD4CDC #DC754C #6BDC4C

square

#4CB3DC #BD4CDC #DC754C #6BDC4C

split-complementary

#4CB3DC #DC4C6B #DCBD4C

monochromatic

#1C7091 #2697C4 #4CB3DC #7FC9E6 #B2DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4CB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3DC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3DC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4cb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3dc;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3DC

secondary

#DFB6A5

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3DC

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

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