#4CB5E1#4CB5E1

#4CB5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5E1
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -16.72, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.18, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0751 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.115 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0896, 40.0169, 77.1997)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5E1 #E1784C

analogous

#4CE1C3 #4CB5E1 #4C6BE1

triadic

#4CB5E1 #E14CB5 #B5E14C

tetradic

#4CB5E1 #C34CE1 #E1784C #6BE14C

square

#4CB5E1 #C34CE1 #E1784C #6BE14C

split-complementary

#4CB5E1 #E14C6B #E1C34C

monochromatic

#1A7399 #229BCD #4CB5E1 #80CBEA #B5E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4CB5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5E1

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5E1	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbea',
    500: '#4cb5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5e1;
$custom-light: #8ecbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72986,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5E1

secondary

#E2B8A7

accent

#6F3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5E1

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

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