#4CB1DD#4CB1DD

#4CB1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1DD
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -15.86, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 34.65, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0725 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7486, 38.1979, 74.0923)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1DD #DD784C

analogous

#4CDDC0 #4CB1DD #4C68DD

triadic

#4CB1DD #DD4CB1 #B1DD4C

tetradic

#4CB1DD #C04CDD #DD784C #68DD4C

square

#4CB1DD #C04CDD #DD784C #68DD4C

split-complementary

#4CB1DD #DD4C68 #DDC04C

monochromatic

#1C6F93 #2695C6 #4CB1DD #7FC7E7 #B3DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4CB1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1DD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1DD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8e7',
    500: '#4cb1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1dd;
$custom-light: #8dc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1DD

secondary

#DFB7A6

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1DD

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

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