#4CB6E2#4CB6E2

#4CB6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6E2
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -16.93, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 35.32, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0758 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.115 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4304, 40.4798, 77.9883)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6E2 #E2784C

analogous

#4CE2C3 #4CB6E2 #4C6BE2

triadic

#4CB6E2 #E24CB6 #B6E24C

tetradic

#4CB6E2 #C34CE2 #E2784C #6BE24C

square

#4CB6E2 #C34CE2 #E2784C #6BE24C

split-complementary

#4CB6E2 #E24C6B #E2C34C

monochromatic

#19759B #229CCF #4CB6E2 #81CBEB #B5E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4CB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6E2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6E2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecceb',
    500: '#4cb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6e2;
$custom-light: #8ecceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6E2

secondary

#E2B9A8

accent

#6E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6E2

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

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