#4CBAE4#4CBAE4

#4CBAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE4
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -18.39, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 35.35, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0791 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.116 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5374, 42.2520, 79.7190)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE4 #E4764C

analogous

#4CE4C2 #4CBAE4 #4C6EE4

triadic

#4CBAE4 #E44CBA #BAE44C

tetradic

#4CBAE4 #C24CE4 #E4764C #6EE44C

square

#4CBAE4 #C24CE4 #E4764C #6EE44C

split-complementary

#4CBAE4 #E44C6E #E4C24C

monochromatic

#18799E #20A1D3 #4CBAE4 #81CEEC #B6E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4CBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#4CBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE4	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceec',
    500: '#4cbae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae4;
$custom-light: #8eceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE4

secondary

#E3B9A8

accent

#6A37F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE4

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

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