#4CBDE5#4CBDE5

#4CBDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDE5
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -19.64, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 35.30, 236.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0817 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.116 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3152, 43.5850, 80.6651)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDE5 #E5744C

analogous

#4CE5C0 #4CBDE5 #4C71E5

triadic

#4CBDE5 #E54CBD #BDE54C

tetradic

#4CBDE5 #C04CE5 #E5744C #71E54C

square

#4CBDE5 #C04CE5 #E5744C #71E54C

split-complementary

#4CBDE5 #E54C71 #E5C04C

monochromatic

#177C9F #1FA5D5 #4CBDE5 #81D1ED #B7E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4CBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#4CBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDE5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDE5	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ed',
    500: '#4cbde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbde5;
$custom-light: #8fd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDE5

secondary

#E4B8A9

accent

#6737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDE5

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

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