#4CB6E3#4CB6E3

#4CB6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4CB6E3
RGBrgb(76, 182, 227)
HSLhsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(69.85, -16.61, -31.48)
CIE-LCHlch(69.85, 35.60, 242.18°)
OKLaboklab(73.3% -0.0754 -0.0882)
OKLCHoklch(73.3% 0.116 229.5)
XYZxyz(33.5681, 40.5348, 78.7131)
Luminance0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4CB6E3 #E3794C
analogous
#4CE3C5 #4CB6E3 #4C6BE3
triadic
#4CB6E3 #E34CB6 #B6E34C
tetradic
#4CB6E3 #C54CE3 #E3794C #6BE34C
square
#4CB6E3 #C54CE3 #E3794C #6BE34C
split-complementary
#4CB6E3 #E34C6B #E3C54C
monochromatic
#18759C #219DD1 #4CB6E3 #81CCEB #B6E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#4CB6E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11
#4CB6E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6E3
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4CB6E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4CB6E31.002.319.119.11
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB3E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA4E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4cb6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 229.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccec',
    500: '#4cb6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4cb6e3;
$custom-light: #8eccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4cb6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4CB6E3
secondary
#E3BAA8
accent
#6F38F0
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4CB6E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva