#4CB3E5#4CB3E5

#4CB3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3E5
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -14.38, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 36.72, 246.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0717 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.119 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2379, 39.4303, 79.9727)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3E5 #E57E4C

analogous

#4CE5CB #4CB3E5 #4C66E5

triadic

#4CB3E5 #E54CB3 #B3E54C

tetradic

#4CB3E5 #CB4CE5 #E57E4C #66E54C

square

#4CB3E5 #CB4CE5 #E57E4C #66E54C

split-complementary

#4CB3E5 #E54C66 #E5CB4C

monochromatic

#17739F #1F99D5 #4CB3E5 #81CAED #B7E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4CB3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3E5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3E5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ed',
    500: '#4cb3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3e5;
$custom-light: #8ec9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.608,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3E5

secondary

#E4BCA9

accent

#7437F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3E5

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

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