#4CB9CF#4CB9CF

#4CB9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CF
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -24.32, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 31.69, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.086 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.103 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5873, 40.7361, 65.2175)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CF #CF624C

analogous

#4CCFA3 #4CB9CF #4C78CF

triadic

#4CB9CF #CF4CB9 #B9CF4C

tetradic

#4CB9CF #A34CCF #CF624C #78CF4C

square

#4CB9CF #A34CCF #CF624C #78CF4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CF #CF4C78 #CFA34C

monochromatic

#226F7F #2F99AF #4CB9CF #7CCCDC #ADDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4CB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CF	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedd',
    500: '#4cb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9cf;
$custom-light: #8ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.076,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CF

secondary

#D7A9A0

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CF

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

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