#4CB0E5#4CB0E5

#4CB0E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB0E5
RGB	rgb(76, 176, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -12.77, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 37.38, 250.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0687 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.12 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6432, 38.2408, 79.7744)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB0E5 #E5814C

analogous

#4CE5CD #4CB0E5 #4C64E5

triadic

#4CB0E5 #E54CB0 #B0E54C

tetradic

#4CB0E5 #CD4CE5 #E5814C #64E54C

square

#4CB0E5 #CD4CE5 #E5814C #64E54C

split-complementary

#4CB0E5 #E54C64 #E5CD4C

monochromatic

#17709F #1F96D5 #4CB0E5 #81C8ED #B7DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4CB0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB0E5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB0E5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 176, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7ed',
    500: '#4cb0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb0e5;
$custom-light: #8ec7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.784,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB0E5

secondary

#E4BDA9

accent

#7737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB0E5

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

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