#4CB4D9#4CB4D9

#4CB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4D9
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -18.70, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 33.25, 235.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.077 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.109 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8211, 39.1854, 71.5187)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4D9 #D9714C

analogous

#4CD9B8 #4CB4D9 #4C6DD9

triadic

#4CB4D9 #D94CB4 #B4D94C

tetradic

#4CB4D9 #B84CD9 #D9714C #6DD94C

square

#4CB4D9 #B84CD9 #D9714C #6DD94C

split-complementary

#4CB4D9 #D94C6D #D9B84C

monochromatic

#1E708D #2998BF #4CB4D9 #7EC9E4 #B1DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4CB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4D9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4D9	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae4',
    500: '#4cb4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4d9;
$custom-light: #8dcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4D9

secondary

#DDB3A4

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4D9

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

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