#4CB5DC#4CB5DC

#4CB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5DC
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -18.29, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 33.88, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0769 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.111 226)
XYZ	xyz(32.4175, 39.7481, 73.6600)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5DC #DC734C

analogous

#4CDCBB #4CB5DC #4C6DDC

triadic

#4CB5DC #DC4CB5 #B5DC4C

tetradic

#4CB5DC #BB4CDC #DC734C #6DDC4C

square

#4CB5DC #BB4CDC #DC734C #6DDC4C

split-complementary

#4CB5DC #DC4C6D #DCBB4C

monochromatic

#1C7291 #269AC4 #4CB5DC #7FCAE6 #B2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4CB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4CB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5DC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5DC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe7',
    500: '#4cb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5dc;
$custom-light: #8dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5DC

secondary

#DFB5A5

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5DC

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

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