#4CB8DC#4CB8DC

#4CB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8DC
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -19.85, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 33.65, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.08 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.11 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0340, 40.9812, 73.8655)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8DC #DC704C

analogous

#4CDCB8 #4CB8DC #4C70DC

triadic

#4CB8DC #DC4CB8 #B8DC4C

tetradic

#4CB8DC #B84CDC #DC704C #70DC4C

square

#4CB8DC #B84CDC #DC704C #70DC4C

split-complementary

#4CB8DC #DC4C70 #DCB84C

monochromatic

#1C7491 #269DC4 #4CB8DC #7FCCE6 #B2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4CB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#4CB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8DC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8DC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4cb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8dc;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8DC

secondary

#DFB4A5

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8DC

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

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