#4CB9DE#4CB9DE

#4CB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9DE
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -19.75, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 34.02, 234.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0803 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.111 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5090, 41.5047, 75.3383)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9DE #DE714C

analogous

#4CDEBA #4CB9DE #4C70DE

triadic

#4CB9DE #DE4CB9 #B9DE4C

tetradic

#4CB9DE #BA4CDE #DE714C #70DE4C

square

#4CB9DE #BA4CDE #DE714C #70DE4C

split-complementary

#4CB9DE #DE4C70 #DEBA4C

monochromatic

#1B7694 #259FC8 #4CB9DE #80CDE8 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4CB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9DE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9DE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee8',
    500: '#4cb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9de;
$custom-light: #8ecee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9DE

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9DE

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

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