#4CBDE3#4CBDE3

#4CBDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDE3
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -20.26, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 34.85, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0824 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.114 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0376, 43.4739, 79.2029)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDE3 #E3724C

analogous

#4CE3BD #4CBDE3 #4C72E3

triadic

#4CBDE3 #E34CBD #BDE34C

tetradic

#4CBDE3 #BD4CE3 #E3724C #72E34C

square

#4CBDE3 #BD4CE3 #E3724C #72E34C

split-complementary

#4CBDE3 #E34C72 #E3BD4C

monochromatic

#187B9C #21A5D1 #4CBDE3 #81D1EB #B6E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4CBDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#4CBDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDE3

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDE3	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ec',
    500: '#4cbde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbde3;
$custom-light: #8ed1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDE3

secondary

#E3B7A8

accent

#6638F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDE3

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

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