#4CB5D4#4CB5D4

#4CB5D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5D4
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -20.76, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.19, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0799 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.105 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3832, 39.3344, 68.2129)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5D4 #D46B4C

analogous

#4CD4AF #4CB5D4 #4C71D4

triadic

#4CB5D4 #D44CB5 #B5D44C

tetradic

#4CB5D4 #AF4CD4 #D46B4C #71D44C

square

#4CB5D4 #AF4CD4 #D46B4C #71D44C

split-complementary

#4CB5D4 #D44C71 #D4AF4C

monochromatic

#206E86 #2C97B7 #4CB5D4 #7DC9E0 #AFDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4CB5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5D4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5D4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe1',
    500: '#4cb5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5d4;
$custom-light: #8ccbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72434,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5D4

secondary

#DAAFA2

accent

#6843E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5D4

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

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