#4CB5DA#4CB5DA

#4CB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5DA
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -18.91, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 33.41, 235.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0777 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.109 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1542, 39.6428, 72.2733)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5DA #DA714C

analogous

#4CDAB8 #4CB5DA #4C6EDA

triadic

#4CB5DA #DA4CB5 #B5DA4C

tetradic

#4CB5DA #B84CDA #DA714C #6EDA4C

square

#4CB5DA #B84CDA #DA714C #6EDA4C

split-complementary

#4CB5DA #DA4C6E #DAB84C

monochromatic

#1D718E #2899C1 #4CB5DA #7FCAE4 #B1DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4CB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4CB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5DA

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5DA	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe5',
    500: '#4cb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5da;
$custom-light: #8dcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5DA

secondary

#DDB3A4

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5DA

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

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