#4CB9D1#4CB9D1

#4CB9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9D1
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -23.72, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 31.89, 221.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0852 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.104 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8333, 40.8345, 66.5134)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9D1 #D1644C

analogous

#4CD1A6 #4CB9D1 #4C76D1

triadic

#4CB9D1 #D14CB9 #B9D14C

tetradic

#4CB9D1 #A64CD1 #D1644C #76D14C

square

#4CB9D1 #A64CD1 #D1644C #76D14C

split-complementary

#4CB9D1 #D14C76 #D1A64C

monochromatic

#217081 #2E9AB2 #4CB9D1 #7DCCDE #ADDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4CB9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9D1

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9D1	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedf',
    500: '#4cb9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9d1;
$custom-light: #8ccedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9D1

secondary

#D8ABA1

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9D1

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

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