#4CBADD#4CBADD

#4CBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBADD
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -20.57, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.76, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0816 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.111 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5853, 41.8711, 74.7045)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBADD #DD6F4C

analogous

#4CDDB8 #4CBADD #4C71DD

triadic

#4CBADD #DD4CBA #BADD4C

tetradic

#4CBADD #B84CDD #DD6F4C #71DD4C

square

#4CBADD #B84CDD #DD6F4C #71DD4C

split-complementary

#4CBADD #DD4C71 #DDB84C

monochromatic

#1C7693 #269FC6 #4CBADD #7FCEE7 #B3E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4CBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4CBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBADD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBADD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfe7',
    500: '#4cbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbadd;
$custom-light: #8ecfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBADD

secondary

#DFB3A6

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBADD

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

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