#4CB1E2#4CB1E2

#4CB1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1E2
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -14.27, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 36.17, 246.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0708 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.117 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4247, 38.4683, 77.6530)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1E2 #E27D4C

analogous

#4CE2C8 #4CB1E2 #4C66E2

triadic

#4CB1E2 #E24CB1 #B1E24C

tetradic

#4CB1E2 #C84CE2 #E27D4C #66E24C

square

#4CB1E2 #C84CE2 #E27D4C #66E24C

split-complementary

#4CB1E2 #E24C66 #E2C84C

monochromatic

#19709B #2297CF #4CB1E2 #81C8EB #B5DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4CB1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1E2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1E2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8eb',
    500: '#4cb1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1e2;
$custom-light: #8ec8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1E2

secondary

#E2BBA8

accent

#7439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1E2

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

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