#4CB8E2#4CB8E2

#4CB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8E2
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -17.98, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 35.06, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0778 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.115 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8430, 41.3048, 78.1258)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8E2 #E2764C

analogous

#4CE2C1 #4CB8E2 #4C6DE2

triadic

#4CB8E2 #E24CB8 #B8E24C

tetradic

#4CB8E2 #C14CE2 #E2764C #6DE24C

square

#4CB8E2 #C14CE2 #E2764C #6DE24C

split-complementary

#4CB8E2 #E24C6D #E2C14C

monochromatic

#19769B #229FCF #4CB8E2 #81CDEB #B5E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4CB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4CB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8E2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8E2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdeb',
    500: '#4cb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8e2;
$custom-light: #8ecdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73724,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8E2

secondary

#E2B8A8

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8E2

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

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