#4CBDE0#4CBDE0

#4CBDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDE0
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -21.19, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 34.24, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0835 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.112 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6272, 43.3097, 77.0413)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDE0 #E06F4C

analogous

#4CE0B9 #4CBDE0 #4C73E0

triadic

#4CBDE0 #E04CBD #BDE04C

tetradic

#4CBDE0 #B94CE0 #E06F4C #73E04C

square

#4CBDE0 #B94CE0 #E06F4C #73E04C

split-complementary

#4CBDE0 #E04C73 #E0B94C

monochromatic

#1A7A97 #23A4CC #4CBDE0 #80D0E9 #B4E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4CBDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#4CBDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDE0

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDE0	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1e9',
    500: '#4cbde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbde0;
$custom-light: #8ed1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDE0

secondary

#E1B5A7

accent

#653BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDE0

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

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