#4CB9E1#4CB9E1

#4CB9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9E1
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -18.81, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 34.71, 237.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0791 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.114 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9146, 41.6670, 77.4747)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9E1 #E1744C

analogous

#4CE1BE #4CB9E1 #4C6FE1

triadic

#4CB9E1 #E14CB9 #B9E14C

tetradic

#4CB9E1 #BE4CE1 #E1744C #6FE14C

square

#4CB9E1 #BE4CE1 #E1744C #6FE14C

split-complementary

#4CB9E1 #E14C6F #E1BE4C

monochromatic

#1A7799 #229FCD #4CB9E1 #80CDEA #B5E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4CB9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#4CB9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9E1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9E1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceea',
    500: '#4cb9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9e1;
$custom-light: #8eceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9E1

secondary

#E2B7A7

accent

#6A3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9E1

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

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