#4CB5D5#4CB5D5

#4CB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5D5
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -20.46, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 32.37, 230.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0795 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.106 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5097, 39.3850, 68.8793)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5D5 #D56C4C

analogous

#4CD5B1 #4CB5D5 #4C71D5

triadic

#4CB5D5 #D54CB5 #B5D54C

tetradic

#4CB5D5 #B14CD5 #D56C4C #71D54C

square

#4CB5D5 #B14CD5 #D56C4C #71D54C

split-complementary

#4CB5D5 #D54C71 #D5B14C

monochromatic

#206F87 #2B98B9 #4CB5D5 #7EC9E1 #AFDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4CB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5D5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5D5	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe2',
    500: '#4cb5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5d5;
$custom-light: #8ccbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5D5

secondary

#DAAFA2

accent

#6943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5D5

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

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