#4CB3E1#4CB3E1

#4CB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3E1
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -15.66, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 35.49, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0731 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.115 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6858, 39.2094, 77.0651)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3E1 #E17A4C

analogous

#4CE1C4 #4CB3E1 #4C69E1

triadic

#4CB3E1 #E14CB3 #B3E14C

tetradic

#4CB3E1 #C44CE1 #E17A4C #69E14C

square

#4CB3E1 #C44CE1 #E17A4C #69E14C

split-complementary

#4CB3E1 #E14C69 #E1C44C

monochromatic

#1A7299 #2299CD #4CB3E1 #80C9EA #B5E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4CB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3E1

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3E1	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4cb3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3E1

secondary

#E2B9A7

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3E1

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

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