#4CBAE6#4CBAE6

#4CBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE6
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -17.77, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 35.86, 240.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0783 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.117 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8166, 42.3637, 81.1897)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE6 #E6784C

analogous

#4CE6C5 #4CBAE6 #4C6DE6

triadic

#4CBAE6 #E64CBA #BAE64C

tetradic

#4CBAE6 #C54CE6 #E6784C #6DE64C

square

#4CBAE6 #C54CE6 #E6784C #6DE64C

split-complementary

#4CBAE6 #E64C6D #E6C54C

monochromatic

#1779A1 #1EA2D7 #4CBAE6 #82CFED #B7E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4CBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#4CBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE6	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)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceee',
    500: '#4cbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae6;
$custom-light: #8fceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74359,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE6

secondary

#E5BAA9

accent

#6C36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE6

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

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