#4CB4D6#4CB4D6

#4CB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4D6
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -19.63, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 32.60, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0781 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.107 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4345, 39.0307, 69.4823)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4D6 #D66E4C

analogous

#4CD6B3 #4CB4D6 #4C6FD6

triadic

#4CB4D6 #D64CB4 #B4D64C

tetradic

#4CB4D6 #B34CD6 #D66E4C #6FD64C

square

#4CB4D6 #B34CD6 #D66E4C #6FD64C

split-complementary

#4CB4D6 #D64C6F #D6B34C

monochromatic

#1F6E88 #2B97BA #4CB4D6 #7EC9E1 #B0DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4D6

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4D6	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae2',
    500: '#4cb4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4d6;
$custom-light: #8ccae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4D6

secondary

#DBB1A3

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4D6

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

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