#4CB9E2#4CB9E2

#4CB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9E2
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -18.50, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 34.95, 238.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0788 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.114 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0514, 41.7217, 78.1953)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9E2 #E2754C

analogous

#4CE2C0 #4CB9E2 #4C6EE2

triadic

#4CB9E2 #E24CB9 #B9E24C

tetradic

#4CB9E2 #C04CE2 #E2754C #6EE24C

square

#4CB9E2 #C04CE2 #E2754C #6EE24C

split-complementary

#4CB9E2 #E24C6E #E2C04C

monochromatic

#19779B #22A0CF #4CB9E2 #81CEEB #B5E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4CB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#4CB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9E2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9E2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceeb',
    500: '#4cb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9e2;
$custom-light: #8eceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9E2

secondary

#E2B8A8

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9E2

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

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