#4CB4DF#4CB4DF

#4CB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4DF
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -16.82, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 34.77, 241.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0748 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.113 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6157, 39.5032, 75.7037)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4DF #DF774C

analogous

#4CDFC0 #4CB4DF #4C6ADF

triadic

#4CB4DF #DF4CB4 #B4DF4C

tetradic

#4CB4DF #C04CDF #DF774C #6ADF4C

square

#4CB4DF #C04CDF #DF774C #6ADF4C

split-complementary

#4CB4DF #DF4C6A #DFC04C

monochromatic

#1B7296 #2499CA #4CB4DF #80CAE8 #B4E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4CB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4DF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4DF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae9',
    500: '#4cb4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4df;
$custom-light: #8dcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4DF

secondary

#E0B7A6

accent

#6F3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4DF

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

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