#4CB8ED#4CB8ED

#4CB8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8ED
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -14.48, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 38.27, 247.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0739 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.124 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4010, 41.9280, 86.3316)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8ED #ED814C

analogous

#4CEDD2 #4CB8ED #4C68ED

triadic

#4CB8ED #ED4CB8 #B8ED4C

tetradic

#4CB8ED #D24CED #ED814C #68ED4C

square

#4CB8ED #D24CED #ED814C #68ED4C

split-complementary

#4CB8ED #ED4C68 #EDD24C

monochromatic

#117AAD #17A1E5 #4CB8ED #84CEF3 #BBE4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4CB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#4CB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8ED

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8ED	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdf3',
    500: '#4cb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ed;
$custom-light: #8fcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.752,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74211,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8ED

secondary

#E8C0AC

accent

#4E07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8ED

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

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