#4CB8D8#4CB8D8

#4CB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8D8
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -21.08, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 32.87, 230.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0815 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.108 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5106, 40.7719, 71.1088)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8D8 #D86C4C

analogous

#4CD8B2 #4CB8D8 #4C72D8

triadic

#4CB8D8 #D84CB8 #B8D84C

tetradic

#4CB8D8 #B24CD8 #D86C4C #72D84C

square

#4CB8D8 #B24CD8 #D86C4C #72D84C

split-complementary

#4CB8D8 #D84C72 #D8B24C

monochromatic

#1E728B #299CBE #4CB8D8 #7ECCE3 #B1E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4CB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8D8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8D8	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde4',
    500: '#4cb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8d8;
$custom-light: #8dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8D8

secondary

#DCB1A4

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8D8

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

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