#4CB1D6#4CB1D6

#4CB1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1D6
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -18.06, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 32.79, 236.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.075 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.107 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8354, 37.8326, 69.2826)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1D6 #D6714C

analogous

#4CD6B6 #4CB1D6 #4C6CD6

triadic

#4CB1D6 #D64CB1 #B1D64C

tetradic

#4CB1D6 #B64CD6 #D6714C #6CD64C

square

#4CB1D6 #B64CD6 #D6714C #6CD64C

split-complementary

#4CB1D6 #D64C6C #D6B64C

monochromatic

#1F6C88 #2B94BA #4CB1D6 #7EC7E1 #B0DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB1D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#4CB1D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1D6

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1D6	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e2',
    500: '#4cb1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1d6;
$custom-light: #8cc8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1D6

secondary

#DBB2A3

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1D6

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

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