#4CBAE3#4CBAE3

#4CBAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE3
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -18.71, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 35.10, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0794 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.115 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3990, 42.1966, 78.9900)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE3 #E3754C

analogous

#4CE3C0 #4CBAE3 #4C6FE3

triadic

#4CBAE3 #E34CBA #BAE34C

tetradic

#4CBAE3 #C04CE3 #E3754C #6FE34C

square

#4CBAE3 #C04CE3 #E3754C #6FE34C

split-complementary

#4CBAE3 #E34C6F #E3C04C

monochromatic

#18789C #21A1D1 #4CBAE3 #81CEEB #B6E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4CBAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#4CBAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE3

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE3	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceec',
    500: '#4cbae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae3;
$custom-light: #8eceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE3

secondary

#E3B8A8

accent

#6A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE3

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

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