#4CB8DD#4CB8DD

#4CB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8DD
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -19.54, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 33.87, 234.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0796 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.111 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1669, 41.0344, 74.5651)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8DD #DD714C

analogous

#4CDDB9 #4CB8DD #4C6FDD

triadic

#4CB8DD #DD4CB8 #B8DD4C

tetradic

#4CB8DD #B94CDD #DD714C #6FDD4C

square

#4CB8DD #B94CDD #DD714C #6FDD4C

split-complementary

#4CB8DD #DD4C6F #DDB94C

monochromatic

#1C7493 #269DC6 #4CB8DD #7FCCE7 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4CB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#4CB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8DD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8DD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4cb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8dd;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8DD

secondary

#DFB4A6

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8DD

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

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