#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
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -15.44, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 35.36, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0725 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.115 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3501, 38.7556, 76.2822)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4CB2E0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4CB2E0

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

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