#4CB4CD#4CB4CD

#4CB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4CD
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -22.38, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 31.09, 223.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0816 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.101 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3167, 38.5836, 63.5954)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4CD #CD654C

analogous

#4CCDA6 #4CB4CD #4C73CD

triadic

#4CB4CD #CD4CB4 #B4CD4C

tetradic

#4CB4CD #A64CCD #CD654C #73CD4C

square

#4CB4CD #A64CCD #CD654C #73CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB4CD #CD4C73 #CDA64C

monochromatic

#236B7C #3094AC #4CB4CD #7CC8DA #ACDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4CB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4CD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4CD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadc',
    500: '#4cb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4cd;
$custom-light: #8bcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4CD

secondary

#D5AA9F

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4CD

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

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