#4CBBE5#4CBBE5

#4CBBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBBE5
RGB	rgb(76, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -18.60, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 35.49, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0797 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.116 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8880, 42.7305, 80.5227)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBBE5 #E5764C

analogous

#4CE5C3 #4CBBE5 #4C6EE5

triadic

#4CBBE5 #E54CBB #BBE54C

tetradic

#4CBBE5 #C34CE5 #E5764C #6EE54C

square

#4CBBE5 #C34CE5 #E5764C #6EE54C

split-complementary

#4CBBE5 #E54C6E #E5C34C

monochromatic

#177A9F #1FA3D5 #4CBBE5 #81CFED #B7E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4CBBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#4CBBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBBE5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBBE5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfed',
    500: '#4cbbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbbe5;
$custom-light: #8fcfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBBE5

secondary

#E4B9A9

accent

#6A37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBBE5

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

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