#4CB4CB#4CB4CB

#4CB4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4CB
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -22.98, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 30.85, 221.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0824 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.1 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0768, 38.4877, 62.3321)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4CB #CB634C

analogous

#4CCBA2 #4CB4CB #4C75CB

triadic

#4CB4CB #CB4CB4 #B4CB4C

tetradic

#4CB4CB #A24CCB #CB634C #75CB4C

square

#4CB4CB #A24CCB #CB634C #75CB4C

split-complementary

#4CB4CB #CB4C75 #CBA24C

monochromatic

#236A79 #3193A9 #4CB4CB #7BC8D9 #ABDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4CB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4CB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4CB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcada',
    500: '#4cb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4cb;
$custom-light: #8bcada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71835,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4CB

secondary

#D4A89F

accent

#6449DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4CB

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

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