#4CB8D9#4CB8D9

#4CB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8D9
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -20.77, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 33.05, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0811 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.108 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6403, 40.8237, 71.7918)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8D9 #D96D4C

analogous

#4CD9B4 #4CB8D9 #4C71D9

triadic

#4CB8D9 #D94CB8 #B8D94C

tetradic

#4CB8D9 #B44CD9 #D96D4C #71D94C

square

#4CB8D9 #B44CD9 #D96D4C #71D94C

split-complementary

#4CB8D9 #D94C71 #D9B44C

monochromatic

#1E738D #299CBF #4CB8D9 #7ECCE4 #B1E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4CB8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8D9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8D9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde4',
    500: '#4cb8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8d9;
$custom-light: #8dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8D9

secondary

#DDB1A4

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8D9

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

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