#4CBCE5#4CBCE5

#4CBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBCE5
RGB	rgb(76, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -19.12, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 35.39, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0807 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.116 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1009, 43.1562, 80.5937)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBCE5 #E5754C

analogous

#4CE5C1 #4CBCE5 #4C70E5

triadic

#4CBCE5 #E54CBC #BCE54C

tetradic

#4CBCE5 #C14CE5 #E5754C #70E54C

square

#4CBCE5 #C14CE5 #E5754C #70E54C

split-complementary

#4CBCE5 #E54C70 #E5C14C

monochromatic

#177B9F #1FA4D5 #4CBCE5 #81D0ED #B7E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4CBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#4CBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBCE5

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBCE5	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ed',
    500: '#4cbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbce5;
$custom-light: #8fd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74778,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBCE5

secondary

#E4B9A9

accent

#6937F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBCE5

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

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