#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
RGBrgb(76, 179, 225)
HSLhsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.90, -15.66, -31.85)
CIE-LCHlch(68.90, 35.49, 243.82°)
OKLaboklab(72.52% -0.0731 -0.0892)
OKLCHoklch(72.52% 0.115 230.7)
XYZxyz(32.6858, 39.2094, 77.0651)
Luminance0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4CB3E11.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

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

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#4CB3E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva