#4CB3D7#4CB3D7

#4CB3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3D7
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -18.80, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 32.87, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0767 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.107 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3614, 38.6797, 70.0899)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3D7 #D7704C

analogous

#4CD7B6 #4CB3D7 #4C6DD7

triadic

#4CB3D7 #D74CB3 #B3D74C

tetradic

#4CB3D7 #B64CD7 #D7704C #6DD74C

square

#4CB3D7 #B64CD7 #D7704C #6DD74C

split-complementary

#4CB3D7 #D74C6D #D7B64C

monochromatic

#1F6E8A #2A96BC #4CB3D7 #7EC8E2 #B0DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4CB3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3D7

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3D7	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)

#9FAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e3',
    500: '#4cb3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3d7;
$custom-light: #8cc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3D7

secondary

#DCB2A3

accent

#6C41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3D7

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

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