#4CB5CA#4CB5CA

#4CB5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5CA
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -23.79, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 30.85, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0838 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.1 213)
XYZ	xyz(30.1606, 38.8454, 61.7741)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5CA #CA614C

analogous

#4CCAA0 #4CB5CA #4C76CA

triadic

#4CB5CA #CA4CB5 #B5CA4C

tetradic

#4CB5CA #A04CCA #CA614C #76CA4C

square

#4CB5CA #A04CCA #CA614C #76CA4C

split-complementary

#4CB5CA #CA4C76 #CAA04C

monochromatic

#246A78 #3294A7 #4CB5CA #7BC9D8 #AADCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4CB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5CA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5CA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbda',
    500: '#4cb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5ca;
$custom-light: #8bcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.38849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5CA

secondary

#D4A79E

accent

#634ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5CA

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

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