#4CB9ED#4CB9ED

#4CB9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9ED
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -15.02, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 38.06, 246.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0749 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.123 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6095, 42.3449, 86.4010)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9ED #ED804C

analogous

#4CEDD1 #4CB9ED #4C69ED

triadic

#4CB9ED #ED4CB9 #B9ED4C

tetradic

#4CB9ED #D14CED #ED804C #69ED4C

square

#4CB9ED #D14CED #ED804C #69ED4C

split-complementary

#4CB9ED #ED4C69 #EDD14C

monochromatic

#117BAD #17A2E5 #4CB9ED #84CFF3 #BBE4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4CB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#4CB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9ED

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9ED	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcef3',
    500: '#4cb9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9ed;
$custom-light: #8fcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.379,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7444,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9ED

secondary

#E8C0AC

accent

#4D07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9ED

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

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