#4CB5CF#4CB5CF

#4CB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5CF
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -22.28, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 31.40, 224.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0819 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.102 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7623, 39.0860, 64.9425)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5CF #CF664C

analogous

#4CCFA7 #4CB5CF #4C74CF

triadic

#4CB5CF #CF4CB5 #B5CF4C

tetradic

#4CB5CF #A74CCF #CF664C #74CF4C

square

#4CB5CF #A74CCF #CF664C #74CF4C

split-complementary

#4CB5CF #CF4C74 #CFA74C

monochromatic

#226C7F #2F95AF #4CB5CF #7CC9DC #ADDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4CB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5CF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5CF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdd',
    500: '#4cb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5cf;
$custom-light: #8ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5CF

secondary

#D7ABA0

accent

#6547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5CF

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

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