#4CB2E0#4CB2E0

#4CB2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4CB2E0
RGBrgb(76, 178, 224)
HSLhsl(199, 70%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.57, -15.44, -31.81)
CIE-LCHlch(68.57, 35.36, 244.11°)
OKLaboklab(72.25% -0.0725 -0.0891)
OKLCHoklch(72.25% 0.115 230.9)
XYZxyz(32.3501, 38.7556, 76.2822)
Luminance0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4CB2E0 #E07A4C
analogous
#4CE0C4 #4CB2E0 #4C68E0
triadic
#4CB2E0 #E04CB2 #B2E04C
tetradic
#4CB2E0 #C44CE0 #E07A4C #68E04C
square
#4CB2E0 #C44CE0 #E07A4C #68E04C
split-complementary
#4CB2E0 #E04C68 #E0C44C
monochromatic
#1A7097 #2397CC #4CB2E0 #80C8E9 #B4DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#4CB2E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75
#4CB2E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E0
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4CB2E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4CB2E01.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB0E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A1DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4cb2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 230.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e9',
    500: '#4cb2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4cb2e0;
$custom-light: #8dc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4cb2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4CB2E0
secondary
#E1B9A7
accent
#723BED
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4CB2E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva