#4CB4CE#4CB4CE

#4CB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4CE
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -22.07, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 31.22, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0812 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.102 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4378, 38.6320, 64.2332)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4CE #CE664C

analogous

#4CCEA7 #4CB4CE #4C73CE

triadic

#4CB4CE #CE4CB4 #B4CE4C

tetradic

#4CB4CE #A74CCE #CE664C #73CE4C

square

#4CB4CE #A74CCE #CE664C #73CE4C

split-complementary

#4CB4CE #CE4C73 #CEA74C

monochromatic

#226B7D #2F94AD #4CB4CE #7CC8DB #ACDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4CB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4CE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4CE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadd',
    500: '#4cb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4ce;
$custom-light: #8ccadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4CE

secondary

#D6ABA0

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4CE

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

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