#4CBAD9#4CBAD9

#4CBAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAD9
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -21.80, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 33.03, 228.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0831 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.108 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0587, 41.6605, 71.9312)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAD9 #D96B4C

analogous

#4CD9B1 #4CBAD9 #4C74D9

triadic

#4CBAD9 #D94CBA #BAD94C

tetradic

#4CBAD9 #B14CD9 #D96B4C #74D94C

square

#4CBAD9 #B14CD9 #D96B4C #74D94C

split-complementary

#4CBAD9 #D94C74 #D9B14C

monochromatic

#1E748D #299EBF #4CBAD9 #7ECDE4 #B1E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4CBAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#4CBAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAD9

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAD9	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe4',
    500: '#4cbad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbad9;
$custom-light: #8dcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAD9

secondary

#DDB0A4

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAD9

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

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