#4CB9DC#4CB9DC

#4CB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9DC
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -20.37, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.61, 232.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.081 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.11 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2425, 41.3981, 73.9350)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9DC #DC6F4C

analogous

#4CDCB7 #4CB9DC #4C71DC

triadic

#4CB9DC #DC4CB9 #B9DC4C

tetradic

#4CB9DC #B74CDC #DC6F4C #71DC4C

square

#4CB9DC #B74CDC #DC6F4C #71DC4C

split-complementary

#4CB9DC #DC4C71 #DCB74C

monochromatic

#1C7591 #269EC4 #4CB9DC #7FCDE6 #B2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#4CB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9DC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9DC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee7',
    500: '#4cb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9dc;
$custom-light: #8dcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9DC

secondary

#DFB3A5

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9DC

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

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