#4CB5DD#4CB5DD

#4CB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5DD
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -17.97, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 34.13, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0766 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.112 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5503, 39.8012, 74.3595)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5DD #DD744C

analogous

#4CDDBD #4CB5DD #4C6CDD

triadic

#4CB5DD #DD4CB5 #B5DD4C

tetradic

#4CB5DD #BD4CDD #DD744C #6CDD4C

square

#4CB5DD #BD4CDD #DD744C #6CDD4C

split-complementary

#4CB5DD #DD4C6C #DDBD4C

monochromatic

#1C7293 #269AC6 #4CB5DD #7FCAE7 #B3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4CB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5DD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5DD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe7',
    500: '#4cb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5dd;
$custom-light: #8dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72812,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5DD

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6D3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5DD

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

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