#4CB7DE#4CB7DE

#4CB7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB7DE
RGB	rgb(76, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -18.71, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.18, 236.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0782 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0935, 40.6738, 75.1998)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB7DE #DE734C

analogous

#4CDEBC #4CB7DE #4C6EDE

triadic

#4CB7DE #DE4CB7 #B7DE4C

tetradic

#4CB7DE #BC4CDE #DE734C #6EDE4C

square

#4CB7DE #BC4CDE #DE734C #6EDE4C

split-complementary

#4CB7DE #DE4C6E #DEBC4C

monochromatic

#1B7494 #259CC8 #4CB7DE #80CCE8 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4CB7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB7DE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB7DE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce8',
    500: '#4cb7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb7de;
$custom-light: #8ecce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB7DE

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB7DE

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

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