#4CB3E6#4CB3E6

#4CB3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3E6
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -14.06, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 37.05, 247.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0714 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.12 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3779, 39.4863, 80.7101)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3E6 #E67F4C

analogous

#4CE6CC #4CB3E6 #4C66E6

triadic

#4CB3E6 #E64CB3 #B3E64C

tetradic

#4CB3E6 #CC4CE6 #E67F4C #66E64C

square

#4CB3E6 #CC4CE6 #E67F4C #66E64C

split-complementary

#4CB3E6 #E64C66 #E6CC4C

monochromatic

#1773A1 #1E9AD7 #4CB3E6 #82CAED #B7E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4CB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3E6

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3E6	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ee',
    500: '#4cb3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3e6;
$custom-light: #8ec9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.87,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72749,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3E6

secondary

#E5BDA9

accent

#7436F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3E6

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

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