#4CB6DD#4CB6DD

#4CB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6DD
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -18.50, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.03, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0776 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.111 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7544, 40.2093, 74.4276)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6DD #DD734C

analogous

#4CDDBB #4CB6DD #4C6DDD

triadic

#4CB6DD #DD4CB6 #B6DD4C

tetradic

#4CB6DD #BB4CDD #DD734C #6DDD4C

square

#4CB6DD #BB4CDD #DD734C #6DDD4C

split-complementary

#4CB6DD #DD4C6D #DDBB4C

monochromatic

#1C7393 #269BC6 #4CB6DD #7FCBE7 #B3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4CB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6DD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6DD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce7',
    500: '#4cb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6dd;
$custom-light: #8dcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6DD

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6DD

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

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