#4CB7E3#4CB7E3

#4CB7E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.116 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB7E3
RGB	rgb(76, 183, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -17.14, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.45, 241.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0764 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.116 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7736, 40.9459, 78.7816)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB7E3 #E3784C

analogous

#4CE3C3 #4CB7E3 #4C6CE3

triadic

#4CB7E3 #E34CB7 #B7E34C

tetradic

#4CB7E3 #C34CE3 #E3784C #6CE34C

square

#4CB7E3 #C34CE3 #E3784C #6CE34C

split-complementary

#4CB7E3 #E34C6C #E3C34C

monochromatic

#18769C #219ED1 #4CB7E3 #81CCEB #B6E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CB7E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4CB7E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB7E3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB7E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB7E3	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb7e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 183, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.116 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccec',
    500: '#4cb7e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb7e3;
$custom-light: #8eccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb7e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73536,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB7E3

secondary

#E3B9A8

accent

#6E38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB7E3

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

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