#4CBDE2#4CBDE2

#4CBDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDE2
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -20.57, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 34.64, 233.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0828 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.114 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9000, 43.4189, 78.4781)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDE2 #E2714C

analogous

#4CE2BC #4CBDE2 #4C72E2

triadic

#4CBDE2 #E24CBD #BDE24C

tetradic

#4CBDE2 #BC4CE2 #E2714C #72E24C

square

#4CBDE2 #BC4CE2 #E2714C #72E24C

split-complementary

#4CBDE2 #E24C72 #E2BC4C

monochromatic

#197B9B #22A4CF #4CBDE2 #81D0EB #B5E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4CBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#4CBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDE2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDE2	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1eb',
    500: '#4cbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbde2;
$custom-light: #8ed1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74883,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDE2

secondary

#E2B6A8

accent

#6639EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDE2

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

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