#4CB3DE#4CB3DE

#4CB3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3DE
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -16.61, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.63, 241.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0742 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.113 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2802, 39.0472, 74.9287)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3DE #DE774C

analogous

#4CDEC0 #4CB3DE #4C6ADE

triadic

#4CB3DE #DE4CB3 #B3DE4C

tetradic

#4CB3DE #C04CDE #DE774C #6ADE4C

square

#4CB3DE #C04CDE #DE774C #6ADE4C

split-complementary

#4CB3DE #DE4C6A #DEC04C

monochromatic

#1B7194 #2598C8 #4CB3DE #80C9E8 #B3DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3DE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3DE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e8',
    500: '#4cb3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3de;
$custom-light: #8dc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3DE

secondary

#E0B7A6

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3DE

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

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