#4CB4C9#4CB4C9

#4CB4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4C9
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -23.58, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 30.65, 219.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0832 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.099 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8400, 38.3929, 61.0850)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4C9 #C9614C

analogous

#4CC9A0 #4CB4C9 #4C76C9

triadic

#4CB4C9 #C94CB4 #B4C94C

tetradic

#4CB4C9 #A04CC9 #C9614C #76C94C

square

#4CB4C9 #A04CC9 #C9614C #76C94C

split-complementary

#4CB4C9 #C94C76 #C9A04C

monochromatic

#246977 #3292A6 #4CB4C9 #7BC8D7 #AADBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4CB4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4C9

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4C9	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcad9',
    500: '#4cb4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4c9;
$custom-light: #8bcad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4C9

secondary

#D3A79E

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4C9

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

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