#4CB5D6#4CB5D6

#4CB5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5D6
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -20.15, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 32.56, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0792 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.107 222)
XYZ	xyz(31.6371, 39.4359, 69.5499)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5D6 #D66D4C

analogous

#4CD6B2 #4CB5D6 #4C70D6

triadic

#4CB5D6 #D64CB5 #B5D64C

tetradic

#4CB5D6 #B24CD6 #D66D4C #70D64C

square

#4CB5D6 #B24CD6 #D66D4C #70D64C

split-complementary

#4CB5D6 #D64C70 #D6B24C

monochromatic

#1F6F88 #2B98BA #4CB5D6 #7ECAE1 #B0DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4CB5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5D6

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5D6	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe2',
    500: '#4cb5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5d6;
$custom-light: #8ccbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5D6

secondary

#DBB0A3

accent

#6942E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5D6

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

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