#4CB1E1#4CB1E1

#4CB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1E1
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -14.59, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.85, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0711 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.116 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2879, 38.4136, 76.9325)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1E1 #E17C4C

analogous

#4CE1C7 #4CB1E1 #4C67E1

triadic

#4CB1E1 #E14CB1 #B1E14C

tetradic

#4CB1E1 #C74CE1 #E17C4C #67E14C

square

#4CB1E1 #C74CE1 #E17C4C #67E14C

split-complementary

#4CB1E1 #E14C67 #E1C74C

monochromatic

#1A7099 #2296CD #4CB1E1 #80C8EA #B5DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4CB1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1E1

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1E1	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ea',
    500: '#4cb1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1e1;
$custom-light: #8ec8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1E1

secondary

#E2BAA7

accent

#743AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1E1

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

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