#4CB8DB#4CB8DB

#4CB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8DB
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -20.16, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.45, 232.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0804 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.11 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9020, 40.9284, 73.1701)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8DB #DB6F4C

analogous

#4CDBB6 #4CB8DB #4C71DB

triadic

#4CB8DB #DB4CB8 #B8DB4C

tetradic

#4CB8DB #B64CDB #DB6F4C #71DB4C

square

#4CB8DB #B64CDB #DB6F4C #71DB4C

split-complementary

#4CB8DB #DB4C71 #DBB64C

monochromatic

#1D7490 #279DC3 #4CB8DB #7FCCE5 #B2E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4CB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8DB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8DB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde6',
    500: '#4cb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8db;
$custom-light: #8dcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73426,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8DB

secondary

#DEB3A5

accent

#683EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8DB

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

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