#4CB8D1#4CB8D1

#4CB8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8D1
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -23.21, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 31.82, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0842 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.104 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6249, 40.4176, 66.4439)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8D1 #D1654C

analogous

#4CD1A7 #4CB8D1 #4C75D1

triadic

#4CB8D1 #D14CB8 #B8D14C

tetradic

#4CB8D1 #A74CD1 #D1654C #75D14C

square

#4CB8D1 #A74CD1 #D1654C #75D14C

split-complementary

#4CB8D1 #D14C75 #D1A74C

monochromatic

#216F81 #2E99B2 #4CB8D1 #7DCBDE #ADDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4CB8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8D1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8D1	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddf',
    500: '#4cb8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8d1;
$custom-light: #8ccddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8D1

secondary

#D8ABA1

accent

#6346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8D1

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

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