#4CB6E6#4CB6E6

#4CB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6E6
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -15.66, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.47, 244.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0744 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.119 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9857, 40.7019, 80.9127)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6E6 #E67C4C

analogous

#4CE6C9 #4CB6E6 #4C69E6

triadic

#4CB6E6 #E64CB6 #B6E64C

tetradic

#4CB6E6 #C94CE6 #E67C4C #69E64C

square

#4CB6E6 #C94CE6 #E67C4C #69E64C

split-complementary

#4CB6E6 #E64C69 #E6C94C

monochromatic

#1776A1 #1E9DD7 #4CB6E6 #82CCED #B7E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4CB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6E6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6E6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbee',
    500: '#4cb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6e6;
$custom-light: #8ecbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6E6

secondary

#E5BCA9

accent

#7036F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6E6

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

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