#4CB4E0#4CB4E0

#4CB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4E0
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -16.50, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.05, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0745 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.114 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7510, 39.5573, 76.4159)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4E0 #E0784C

analogous

#4CE0C2 #4CB4E0 #4C6AE0

triadic

#4CB4E0 #E04CB4 #B4E04C

tetradic

#4CB4E0 #C24CE0 #E0784C #6AE04C

square

#4CB4E0 #C24CE0 #E0784C #6AE04C

split-complementary

#4CB4E0 #E04C6A #E0C24C

monochromatic

#1A7297 #239ACC #4CB4E0 #80CAE9 #B4E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4CB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4E0

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4E0	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae9',
    500: '#4cb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4e0;
$custom-light: #8ecae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4E0

secondary

#E1B8A7

accent

#703BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4E0

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

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