#4CB4CC#4CB4CC

#4CB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4CC
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -22.68, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 30.96, 222.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.082 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1964, 38.5355, 62.9617)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4CC #CC644C

analogous

#4CCCA4 #4CB4CC #4C74CC

triadic

#4CB4CC #CC4CB4 #B4CC4C

tetradic

#4CB4CC #A44CCC #CC644C #74CC4C

square

#4CB4CC #A44CCC #CC644C #74CC4C

split-complementary

#4CB4CC #CC4C74 #CCA44C

monochromatic

#236A7B #3193AA #4CB4CC #7CC8DA #ABDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4CB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4CC

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4CC	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadb',
    500: '#4cb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4cc;
$custom-light: #8bcadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71874,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4CC

secondary

#D5A99F

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4CC

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

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