#4CB6DB#4CB6DB

#4CB6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6DB
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -19.12, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 33.56, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0783 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.11 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4895, 40.1034, 73.0326)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6DB #DB714C

analogous

#4CDBB8 #4CB6DB #4C6FDB

triadic

#4CB6DB #DB4CB6 #B6DB4C

tetradic

#4CB6DB #B84CDB #DB714C #6FDB4C

square

#4CB6DB #B84CDB #DB714C #6FDB4C

split-complementary

#4CB6DB #DB4C6F #DBB84C

monochromatic

#1D7290 #279AC3 #4CB6DB #7FCBE5 #B2E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4CB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6DB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6DB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce6',
    500: '#4cb6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6db;
$custom-light: #8dcce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6DB

secondary

#DEB4A5

accent

#6B3EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6DB

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

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