#4CB8CF#4CB8CF

#4CB8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CF
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -23.81, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 31.60, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.085 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.103 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3788, 40.3191, 65.1481)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CF #CF634C

analogous

#4CCFA4 #4CB8CF #4C77CF

triadic

#4CB8CF #CF4CB8 #B8CF4C

tetradic

#4CB8CF #A44CCF #CF634C #77CF4C

square

#4CB8CF #A44CCF #CF634C #77CF4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CF #CF4C77 #CFA44C

monochromatic

#226E7F #2F98AF #4CB8CF #7CCBDC #ADDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CB8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4CB8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CF

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CF	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddd',
    500: '#4cb8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8cf;
$custom-light: #8ccddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CF

secondary

#D7AAA0

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CF

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

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