#4CB8DE#4CB8DE

#4CB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8DE
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -19.23, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 34.09, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0792 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.112 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3005, 41.0878, 75.2688)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8DE #DE724C

analogous

#4CDEBB #4CB8DE #4C6FDE

triadic

#4CB8DE #DE4CB8 #B8DE4C

tetradic

#4CB8DE #BB4CDE #DE724C #6FDE4C

square

#4CB8DE #BB4CDE #DE724C #6FDE4C

split-complementary

#4CB8DE #DE4C6F #DEBB4C

monochromatic

#1B7594 #259DC8 #4CB8DE #80CCE8 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4CB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4CB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8DE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8DE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde8',
    500: '#4cb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8de;
$custom-light: #8ecde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8DE

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8DE

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

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