#4CB8DF#4CB8DF

#4CB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8DF
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -18.92, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 34.33, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0789 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.112 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4349, 41.1416, 75.9768)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8DF #DF734C

analogous

#4CDFBC #4CB8DF #4C6EDF

triadic

#4CB8DF #DF4CB8 #B8DF4C

tetradic

#4CB8DF #BC4CDF #DF734C #6EDF4C

square

#4CB8DF #BC4CDF #DF734C #6EDF4C

split-complementary

#4CB8DF #DF4C6E #DFBC4C

monochromatic

#1B7596 #249ECA #4CB8DF #80CDE8 #B4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4CB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#4CB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8DF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8DF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde9',
    500: '#4cb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8df;
$custom-light: #8ecde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8DF

secondary

#E0B6A6

accent

#6A3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8DF

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

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