#4CB5DE#4CB5DE

#4CB5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5DE
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -17.66, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 34.38, 239.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0762 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.112 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6839, 39.8547, 75.0633)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5DE #DE754C

analogous

#4CDEBE #4CB5DE #4C6CDE

triadic

#4CB5DE #DE4CB5 #B5DE4C

tetradic

#4CB5DE #BE4CDE #DE754C #6CDE4C

square

#4CB5DE #BE4CDE #DE754C #6CDE4C

split-complementary

#4CB5DE #DE4C6C #DEBE4C

monochromatic

#1B7294 #259AC8 #4CB5DE #80CAE8 #B3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4CB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5DE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5DE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe8',
    500: '#4cb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5de;
$custom-light: #8dcbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5DE

secondary

#E0B6A6

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5DE

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

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