#4CB2E7#4CB2E7

#4CB2E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2E7
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -13.20, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 37.60, 249.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.07 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.121 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3190, 39.1432, 81.3852)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2E7 #E7814C

analogous

#4CE7CE #4CB2E7 #4C64E7

triadic

#4CB2E7 #E74CB2 #B2E74C

tetradic

#4CB2E7 #CE4CE7 #E7814C #64E74C

square

#4CB2E7 #CE4CE7 #E7814C #64E74C

split-complementary

#4CB2E7 #E74C64 #E7CE4C

monochromatic

#1673A3 #1D99D9 #4CB2E7 #82C9EE #B8E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4CB2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2E7

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2E7	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ee',
    500: '#4cb2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2e7;
$custom-light: #8ec9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.516,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2E7

secondary

#E5BEAA

accent

#530DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2E7

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

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