#4CB6E1#4CB6E1

#4CB6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6E1
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -17.24, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 35.05, 240.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0761 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.114 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2936, 40.4250, 77.2677)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6E1 #E1774C

analogous

#4CE1C1 #4CB6E1 #4C6CE1

triadic

#4CB6E1 #E14CB6 #B6E14C

tetradic

#4CB6E1 #C14CE1 #E1774C #6CE14C

square

#4CB6E1 #C14CE1 #E1774C #6CE14C

split-complementary

#4CB6E1 #E14C6C #E1C14C

monochromatic

#1A7499 #229CCD #4CB6E1 #80CBEA #B5E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4CB6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6E1

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6E1	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccea',
    500: '#4cb6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6e1;
$custom-light: #8eccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6E1

secondary

#E2B8A7

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6E1

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

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