#4CB2E1#4CB2E1

#4CB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4CB2E1
RGBrgb(76, 178, 225)
HSLhsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.61, -15.13, -32.30)
CIE-LCHlch(68.61, 35.67, 244.91°)
OKLaboklab(72.29% -0.0721 -0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(72.29% 0.116 231.5)
XYZxyz(32.4861, 38.8100, 76.9986)
Luminance0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4CB2E1 #E17B4C
analogous
#4CE1C6 #4CB2E1 #4C68E1
triadic
#4CB2E1 #E14CB2 #B2E14C
tetradic
#4CB2E1 #C64CE1 #E17B4C #68E14C
square
#4CB2E1 #C64CE1 #E17B4C #68E14C
split-complementary
#4CB2E1 #E14C68 #E1C64C
monochromatic
#1A7199 #2297CD #4CB2E1 #80C9EA #B5DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#4CB2E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76
#4CB2E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E1
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4CB2E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4CB2E11.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB0E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A1E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4cb2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 231.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4cb2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4cb2e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4cb2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72294,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4CB2E1
secondary
#E2BAA7
accent
#733AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2E1

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#4CB2E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva