#4CB1DE#4CB1DE

#4CB1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1DE
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -15.55, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 34.94, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0722 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.114 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8822, 38.2513, 74.7961)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1DE #DE794C

analogous

#4CDEC2 #4CB1DE #4C68DE

triadic

#4CB1DE #DE4CB1 #B1DE4C

tetradic

#4CB1DE #C24CDE #DE794C #68DE4C

square

#4CB1DE #C24CDE #DE794C #68DE4C

split-complementary

#4CB1DE #DE4C68 #DEC24C

monochromatic

#1B6F94 #2596C8 #4CB1DE #80C8E8 #B3DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4CB1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1DE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1DE	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)

#9AAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8e8',
    500: '#4cb1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1de;
$custom-light: #8dc8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1DE

secondary

#E0B8A6

accent

#723CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1DE

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

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