#4CB7E1#4CB7E1

#4CB7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB7E1
RGB	rgb(76, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -17.77, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.92, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0771 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.114 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4992, 40.8361, 77.3363)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB7E1 #E1764C

analogous

#4CE1C1 #4CB7E1 #4C6DE1

triadic

#4CB7E1 #E14CB7 #B7E14C

tetradic

#4CB7E1 #C14CE1 #E1764C #6DE14C

square

#4CB7E1 #C14CE1 #E1764C #6DE14C

split-complementary

#4CB7E1 #E14C6D #E1C14C

monochromatic

#1A7599 #229DCD #4CB7E1 #80CCEA #B5E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4CB7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB7E1

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB7E1	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccea',
    500: '#4cb7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb7e1;
$custom-light: #8eccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB7E1

secondary

#E2B8A7

accent

#6D3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB7E1

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

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