#4CB5CC#4CB5CC

#4CB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5CC
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -23.19, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 31.04, 221.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.083 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.101 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3990, 38.9407, 63.0293)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5CC #CC634C

analogous

#4CCCA3 #4CB5CC #4C75CC

triadic

#4CB5CC #CC4CB5 #B5CC4C

tetradic

#4CB5CC #A34CCC #CC634C #75CC4C

square

#4CB5CC #A34CCC #CC634C #75CC4C

split-complementary

#4CB5CC #CC4C75 #CCA34C

monochromatic

#236B7B #3194AA #4CB5CC #7CC9DA #ABDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4CB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5CC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5CC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdb',
    500: '#4cb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5cc;
$custom-light: #8bcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5CC

secondary

#D5A99F

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5CC

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

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