#4CB9DF#4CB9DF

#4CB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9DF
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -19.44, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 34.25, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0799 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.112 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6434, 41.5585, 76.0463)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9DF #DF724C

analogous

#4CDFBB #4CB9DF #4C6FDF

triadic

#4CB9DF #DF4CB9 #B9DF4C

tetradic

#4CB9DF #BB4CDF #DF724C #6FDF4C

square

#4CB9DF #BB4CDF #DF724C #6FDF4C

split-complementary

#4CB9DF #DF4C6F #DFBB4C

monochromatic

#1B7696 #249FCA #4CB9DF #80CDE8 #B4E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4CB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9DF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9DF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee9',
    500: '#4cb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9df;
$custom-light: #8ecee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9DF

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#693BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9DF

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

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