#4CB9DB#4CB9DB

#4CB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9DB
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -20.67, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 33.41, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0814 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.109 222)
XYZ	xyz(33.1105, 41.3453, 73.2396)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9DB #DB6E4C

analogous

#4CDBB6 #4CB9DB #4C71DB

triadic

#4CB9DB #DB4CB9 #B9DB4C

tetradic

#4CB9DB #B64CDB #DB6E4C #71DB4C

square

#4CB9DB #B64CDB #DB6E4C #71DB4C

split-complementary

#4CB9DB #DB4C71 #DBB64C

monochromatic

#1D7490 #279EC3 #4CB9DB #7FCDE5 #B2E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4CB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4CB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9DB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9DB	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee6',
    500: '#4cb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9db;
$custom-light: #8dcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.41349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9DB

secondary

#DEB2A5

accent

#673EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9DB

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

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