#4CB4E3#4CB4E3

#4CB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4E3
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -15.55, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 35.92, 244.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0734 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.117 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.1614, 39.7215, 78.5775)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4E3 #E37B4C

analogous

#4CE3C6 #4CB4E3 #4C69E3

triadic

#4CB4E3 #E34CB4 #B4E34C

tetradic

#4CB4E3 #C64CE3 #E37B4C #69E34C

square

#4CB4E3 #C64CE3 #E37B4C #69E34C

split-complementary

#4CB4E3 #E34C69 #E3C64C

monochromatic

#18739C #219AD1 #4CB4E3 #81CAEB #B6E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4CB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4CB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4E3

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4E3	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaec',
    500: '#4cb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4e3;
$custom-light: #8ecaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72844,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4E3

secondary

#E3BAA8

accent

#7138F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4E3

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

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