#4CBAE0#4CBAE0

#4CBAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE0
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -19.64, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 34.40, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0805 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.113 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9885, 42.0324, 76.8284)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE0 #E0724C

analogous

#4CE0BC #4CBAE0 #4C70E0

triadic

#4CBAE0 #E04CBA #BAE04C

tetradic

#4CBAE0 #BC4CE0 #E0724C #70E04C

square

#4CBAE0 #BC4CE0 #E0724C #70E04C

split-complementary

#4CBAE0 #E04C70 #E0BC4C

monochromatic

#1A7797 #23A0CC #4CBAE0 #80CEE9 #B4E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4CBAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#4CBAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE0

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE0	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee9',
    500: '#4cbae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae0;
$custom-light: #8ecee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE0

secondary

#E1B6A7

accent

#683BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE0

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

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