#4CB2E5#4CB2E5

#4CB2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2E5
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -13.85, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 36.93, 247.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0707 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.119 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0382, 39.0309, 79.9061)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2E5 #E57F4C

analogous

#4CE5CC #4CB2E5 #4C66E5

triadic

#4CB2E5 #E54CB2 #B2E54C

tetradic

#4CB2E5 #CC4CE5 #E57F4C #66E54C

square

#4CB2E5 #CC4CE5 #E57F4C #66E54C

split-complementary

#4CB2E5 #E54C66 #E5CC4C

monochromatic

#17729F #1F98D5 #4CB2E5 #81C9ED #B7E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2E5	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ed',
    500: '#4cb2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2e5;
$custom-light: #8ec9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2E5

secondary

#E4BDA9

accent

#7537F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2E5

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

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