#4CB1E6#4CB1E6

#4CB1E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1E6
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -12.99, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 37.49, 249.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0694 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.121 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9800, 38.6904, 80.5775)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1E6 #E6814C

analogous

#4CE6CE #4CB1E6 #4C64E6

triadic

#4CB1E6 #E64CB1 #B1E64C

tetradic

#4CB1E6 #CE4CE6 #E6814C #64E64C

square

#4CB1E6 #CE4CE6 #E6814C #64E64C

split-complementary

#4CB1E6 #E64C64 #E6CE4C

monochromatic

#1771A1 #1E97D7 #4CB1E6 #82C8ED #B7E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4CB1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1E6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1E6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ee',
    500: '#4cb1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1e6;
$custom-light: #8ec8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.649,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1E6

secondary

#E5BEA9

accent

#7736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1E6

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

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