#4CB6E3#4CB6E3

#4CB6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6E3
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -16.61, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 35.60, 242.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0754 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.116 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5681, 40.5348, 78.7131)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6E3 #E3794C

analogous

#4CE3C5 #4CB6E3 #4C6BE3

triadic

#4CB6E3 #E34CB6 #B6E34C

tetradic

#4CB6E3 #C54CE3 #E3794C #6BE34C

square

#4CB6E3 #C54CE3 #E3794C #6BE34C

split-complementary

#4CB6E3 #E34C6B #E3C54C

monochromatic

#18759C #219DD1 #4CB6E3 #81CCEB #B6E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4CB6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6E3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6E3	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccec',
    500: '#4cb6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6e3;
$custom-light: #8eccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6E3

secondary

#E3BAA8

accent

#6F38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6E3

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

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