#4CB4DD#4CB4DD

#4CB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4DD
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -17.45, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 34.24, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0756 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.112 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3477, 39.3960, 74.2920)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4DD #DD754C

analogous

#4CDDBE #4CB4DD #4C6BDD

triadic

#4CB4DD #DD4CB4 #B4DD4C

tetradic

#4CB4DD #BE4CDD #DD754C #6BDD4C

square

#4CB4DD #BE4CDD #DD754C #6BDD4C

split-complementary

#4CB4DD #DD4C6B #DDBE4C

monochromatic

#1C7193 #2699C6 #4CB4DD #7FCAE7 #B3DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4CB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4DD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4DD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae7',
    500: '#4cb4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4dd;
$custom-light: #8dcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4DD

secondary

#DFB6A6

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4DD

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

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