#4CB9DD#4CB9DD

#4CB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9DD
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -20.06, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.81, 233.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0806 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.111 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3753, 41.4513, 74.6346)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9DD #DD704C

analogous

#4CDDB9 #4CB9DD #4C70DD

triadic

#4CB9DD #DD4CB9 #B9DD4C

tetradic

#4CB9DD #B94CDD #DD704C #70DD4C

square

#4CB9DD #B94CDD #DD704C #70DD4C

split-complementary

#4CB9DD #DD4C70 #DDB94C

monochromatic

#1C7593 #269EC6 #4CB9DD #7FCDE7 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4CB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9DD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9DD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee7',
    500: '#4cb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9dd;
$custom-light: #8ecee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9DD

secondary

#DFB4A6

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →