#4CBAE5#4CBAE5

#4CBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE5
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -18.08, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 35.60, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0787 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.116 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6766, 42.3077, 80.4522)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE5 #E5774C

analogous

#4CE5C4 #4CBAE5 #4C6DE5

triadic

#4CBAE5 #E54CBA #BAE54C

tetradic

#4CBAE5 #C44CE5 #E5774C #6DE54C

square

#4CBAE5 #C44CE5 #E5774C #6DE54C

split-complementary

#4CBAE5 #E54C6D #E5C44C

monochromatic

#17799F #1FA2D5 #4CBAE5 #81CFED #B7E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4CBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#4CBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceed',
    500: '#4cbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae5;
$custom-light: #8fceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74316,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE5

secondary

#E4B9A9

accent

#6B37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE5

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

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