#4CB8E5#4CB8E5

#4CB8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8E5
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -17.03, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 35.86, 241.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0767 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.117 229)
XYZ	xyz(34.2582, 41.4709, 80.3128)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8E5 #E5794C

analogous

#4CE5C5 #4CB8E5 #4C6CE5

triadic

#4CB8E5 #E54CB8 #B8E54C

tetradic

#4CB8E5 #C54CE5 #E5794C #6CE54C

square

#4CB8E5 #C54CE5 #E5794C #6CE54C

split-complementary

#4CB8E5 #E54C6C #E5C54C

monochromatic

#17779F #1F9FD5 #4CB8E5 #81CDED #B7E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CB8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4CB8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8E5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8E5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecded',
    500: '#4cb8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8e5;
$custom-light: #8ecded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.41475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8E5

secondary

#E4BAA9

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8E5

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

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