#4CB5CD#4CB5CD

#4CB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5CD
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -22.89, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 31.15, 222.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0826 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.101 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5193, 38.9888, 63.6630)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5CD #CD644C

analogous

#4CCDA5 #4CB5CD #4C74CD

triadic

#4CB5CD #CD4CB5 #B5CD4C

tetradic

#4CB5CD #A54CCD #CD644C #74CD4C

square

#4CB5CD #A54CCD #CD644C #74CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB5CD #CD4C74 #CDA54C

monochromatic

#236B7C #3095AC #4CB5CD #7CC9DA #ACDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5CD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5CD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdc',
    500: '#4cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5cd;
$custom-light: #8bcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5CD

secondary

#D5A99F

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5CD

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

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