#4CB4DA#4CB4DA

#4CB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4DA
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -18.39, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 33.49, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0766 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.109 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9516, 39.2376, 72.2058)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4DA #DA724C

analogous

#4CDAB9 #4CB4DA #4C6DDA

triadic

#4CB4DA #DA4CB4 #B4DA4C

tetradic

#4CB4DA #B94CDA #DA724C #6DDA4C

square

#4CB4DA #B94CDA #DA724C #6DDA4C

split-complementary

#4CB4DA #DA4C6D #DAB94C

monochromatic

#1D708E #2898C1 #4CB4DA #7FC9E4 #B1DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4CB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4DA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4DA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae5',
    500: '#4cb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4da;
$custom-light: #8dcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4DA

secondary

#DDB4A4

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4DA

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

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