#4CB5DB#4CB5DB

#4CB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5DB
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -18.60, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 33.64, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0773 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.11 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2854, 39.6953, 72.9646)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5DB #DB724C

analogous

#4CDBB9 #4CB5DB #4C6DDB

triadic

#4CB5DB #DB4CB5 #B5DB4C

tetradic

#4CB5DB #B94CDB #DB724C #6DDB4C

square

#4CB5DB #B94CDB #DB724C #6DDB4C

split-complementary

#4CB5DB #DB4C6D #DBB94C

monochromatic

#1D7190 #2799C3 #4CB5DB #7FCAE5 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4CB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4CB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5DB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5DB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe6',
    500: '#4cb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5db;
$custom-light: #8dcbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5DB

secondary

#DEB4A5

accent

#6C3EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5DB

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

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