#4CB5CE#4CB5CE

#4CB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5CE
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -22.59, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 31.27, 223.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0822 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.102 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6404, 39.0373, 64.3007)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5CE #CE654C

analogous

#4CCEA6 #4CB5CE #4C74CE

triadic

#4CB5CE #CE4CB5 #B5CE4C

tetradic

#4CB5CE #A64CCE #CE654C #74CE4C

square

#4CB5CE #A64CCE #CE654C #74CE4C

split-complementary

#4CB5CE #CE4C74 #CEA64C

monochromatic

#226C7D #2F95AD #4CB5CE #7CC9DB #ACDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5CE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5CE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdd',
    500: '#4cb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5ce;
$custom-light: #8ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5CE

secondary

#D6AAA0

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5CE

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

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