#4CB2E2#4CB2E2

#4CB2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2E2
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -14.81, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 35.97, 245.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0718 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.117 232)
XYZ	xyz(32.6229, 38.8648, 77.7191)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2E2 #E27C4C

analogous

#4CE2C7 #4CB2E2 #4C67E2

triadic

#4CB2E2 #E24CB2 #B2E24C

tetradic

#4CB2E2 #C74CE2 #E27C4C #67E24C

square

#4CB2E2 #C74CE2 #E27C4C #67E24C

split-complementary

#4CB2E2 #E24C67 #E2C74C

monochromatic

#19719B #2298CF #4CB2E2 #81C9EB #B5DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4CB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2E2	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9eb',
    500: '#4cb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2e2;
$custom-light: #8ec9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.38868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2E2

secondary

#E2BAA8

accent

#7339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2E2

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

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