#4CB2DE#4CB2DE

#4CB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2DE
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -16.08, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 34.78, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0732 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.113 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0805, 38.6478, 74.8622)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2DE #DE784C

analogous

#4CDEC1 #4CB2DE #4C69DE

triadic

#4CB2DE #DE4CB2 #B2DE4C

tetradic

#4CB2DE #C14CDE #DE784C #69DE4C

square

#4CB2DE #C14CDE #DE784C #69DE4C

split-complementary

#4CB2DE #DE4C69 #DEC14C

monochromatic

#1B7094 #2597C8 #4CB2DE #80C8E8 #B3DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4CB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2DE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2DE	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e8',
    500: '#4cb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2de;
$custom-light: #8dc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2DE

secondary

#E0B7A6

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2DE

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

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