#4CB1DC#4CB1DC

#4CB1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1DC
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -16.18, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 34.36, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0729 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.112 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6158, 38.1447, 73.3927)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1DC #DC774C

analogous

#4CDCBF #4CB1DC #4C69DC

triadic

#4CB1DC #DC4CB1 #B1DC4C

tetradic

#4CB1DC #BF4CDC #DC774C #69DC4C

square

#4CB1DC #BF4CDC #DC774C #69DC4C

split-complementary

#4CB1DC #DC4C69 #DCBF4C

monochromatic

#1C6E91 #2695C4 #4CB1DC #7FC7E6 #B2DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4CB1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1DC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1DC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8e7',
    500: '#4cb1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1dc;
$custom-light: #8dc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1DC

secondary

#DFB6A5

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1DC

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

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