#4CB3DD#4CB3DD

#4CB3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3DD
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -16.92, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.36, 240.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0745 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.112 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1465, 38.9937, 74.2250)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3DD #DD764C

analogous

#4CDDBE #4CB3DD #4C6ADD

triadic

#4CB3DD #DD4CB3 #B3DD4C

tetradic

#4CB3DD #BE4CDD #DD764C #6ADD4C

square

#4CB3DD #BE4CDD #DD764C #6ADD4C

split-complementary

#4CB3DD #DD4C6A #DDBE4C

monochromatic

#1C7093 #2698C6 #4CB3DD #7FC9E7 #B3DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4CB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3DD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3DD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4cb3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3dd;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3DD

secondary

#DFB6A6

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3DD

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

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