#4CB6DC#4CB6DC

#4CB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6DC
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -18.81, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 33.79, 236.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0779 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.111 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6215, 40.1562, 73.7280)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6DC #DC724C

analogous

#4CDCBA #4CB6DC #4C6EDC

triadic

#4CB6DC #DC4CB6 #B6DC4C

tetradic

#4CB6DC #BA4CDC #DC724C #6EDC4C

square

#4CB6DC #BA4CDC #DC724C #6EDC4C

split-complementary

#4CB6DC #DC4C6E #DCBA4C

monochromatic

#1C7291 #269BC4 #4CB6DC #7FCBE6 #B2E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4CB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6DC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6DC	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce7',
    500: '#4cb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6dc;
$custom-light: #8dcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6DC

secondary

#DFB4A5

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6DC

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

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