#4CB2E6#4CB2E6

#4CB2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2E6
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -13.53, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 37.26, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0704 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.12 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1782, 39.0869, 80.6435)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2E6 #E6804C

analogous

#4CE6CD #4CB2E6 #4C65E6

triadic

#4CB2E6 #E64CB2 #B2E64C

tetradic

#4CB2E6 #CD4CE6 #E6804C #65E64C

square

#4CB2E6 #CD4CE6 #E6804C #65E64C

split-complementary

#4CB2E6 #E64C65 #E6CD4C

monochromatic

#1772A1 #1E98D7 #4CB2E6 #82C9ED #B7E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4CB2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2E6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ee',
    500: '#4cb2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2e6;
$custom-light: #8ec9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.26,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2E6

secondary

#E5BDA9

accent

#7536F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2E6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →