#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
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -15.13, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 35.67, 244.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0721 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.116 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4861, 38.8100, 76.9986)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4CB2E1	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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