#4CB4E6#4CB4E6

#4CB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4E6
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -14.60, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 36.84, 246.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0724 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.119 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5790, 39.8886, 80.7772)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4E6 #E67E4C

analogous

#4CE6CB #4CB4E6 #4C67E6

triadic

#4CB4E6 #E64CB4 #B4E64C

tetradic

#4CB4E6 #CB4CE6 #E67E4C #67E64C

square

#4CB4E6 #CB4CE6 #E67E4C #67E64C

split-complementary

#4CB4E6 #E64C67 #E6CB4C

monochromatic

#1774A1 #1E9BD7 #4CB4E6 #82CAED #B7E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4CB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4E6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4E6	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaee',
    500: '#4cb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4e6;
$custom-light: #8ecaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.481,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4E6

secondary

#E5BDA9

accent

#7336F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4E6

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

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