#4CB9E5#4CB9E5

#4CB9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9E5
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -17.56, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 35.73, 240.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0777 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.117 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4667, 41.8878, 80.3822)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9E5 #E5784C

analogous

#4CE5C5 #4CB9E5 #4C6DE5

triadic

#4CB9E5 #E54CB9 #B9E54C

tetradic

#4CB9E5 #C54CE5 #E5784C #6DE54C

square

#4CB9E5 #C54CE5 #E5784C #6DE54C

split-complementary

#4CB9E5 #E54C6D #E5C54C

monochromatic

#17789F #1FA1D5 #4CB9E5 #81CEED #B7E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4CB9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4CB9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9E5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9E5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceed',
    500: '#4cb9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9e5;
$custom-light: #8eceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9E5

secondary

#E4BAA9

accent

#6C37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9E5

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

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