#4CB4E1#4CB4E1

#4CB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4E1
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -16.19, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 35.33, 242.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0741 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.115 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8870, 39.6117, 77.1322)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4E1 #E1794C

analogous

#4CE1C4 #4CB4E1 #4C6AE1

triadic

#4CB4E1 #E14CB4 #B4E14C

tetradic

#4CB4E1 #C44CE1 #E1794C #6AE14C

square

#4CB4E1 #C44CE1 #E1794C #6AE14C

split-complementary

#4CB4E1 #E14C6A #E1C44C

monochromatic

#1A7399 #229ACD #4CB4E1 #80CAEA #B5E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4CB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4CB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4E1

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4E1	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaea',
    500: '#4cb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4e1;
$custom-light: #8ecaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72755,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4E1

secondary

#E2B9A7

accent

#703AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4E1

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

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