#4CB4DB#4CB4DB

#4CB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4DB
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -18.08, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 33.73, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0763 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.11 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0828, 39.2901, 72.8970)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4DB #DB734C

analogous

#4CDBBB #4CB4DB #4C6CDB

triadic

#4CB4DB #DB4CB4 #B4DB4C

tetradic

#4CB4DB #BB4CDB #DB734C #6CDB4C

square

#4CB4DB #BB4CDB #DB734C #6CDB4C

split-complementary

#4CB4DB #DB4C6C #DBBB4C

monochromatic

#1D7090 #2798C3 #4CB4DB #7FC9E5 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4CB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4DB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4DB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae6',
    500: '#4cb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4db;
$custom-light: #8dcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4DB

secondary

#DEB4A5

accent

#6D3EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4DB

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

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