#4CB1E7#4CB1E7

#4CB1E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1E7
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -12.66, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 37.83, 250.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0691 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.122 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1208, 38.7467, 81.3192)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1E7 #E7824C

analogous

#4CE7CF #4CB1E7 #4C64E7

triadic

#4CB1E7 #E74CB1 #B1E74C

tetradic

#4CB1E7 #CF4CE7 #E7824C #64E74C

square

#4CB1E7 #CF4CE7 #E7824C #64E74C

split-complementary

#4CB1E7 #E74C64 #E7CF4C

monochromatic

#1672A3 #1D97D9 #4CB1E7 #82C9EE #B8E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4CB1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1E7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1E7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ee',
    500: '#4cb1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1e7;
$custom-light: #8ec8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.903,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1E7

secondary

#E5BEAA

accent

#540DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1E7

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

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