#4CB1E5#4CB1E5

#4CB1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1E5
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -13.31, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 37.15, 249.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0697 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.12 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8399, 38.6344, 79.8400)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1E5 #E5804C

analogous

#4CE5CC #4CB1E5 #4C65E5

triadic

#4CB1E5 #E54CB1 #B1E54C

tetradic

#4CB1E5 #CC4CE5 #E5804C #65E54C

square

#4CB1E5 #CC4CE5 #E5804C #65E54C

split-complementary

#4CB1E5 #E54C65 #E5CC4C

monochromatic

#17719F #1F97D5 #4CB1E5 #81C8ED #B7E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4CB1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1E5

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1E5	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ed',
    500: '#4cb1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1e5;
$custom-light: #8ec8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.392,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1E5

secondary

#E4BDA9

accent

#7637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1E5

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

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