#4CBAE2#4CBAE2

#4CBAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAE2
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -19.02, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 34.86, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0798 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.114 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2613, 42.1416, 78.2653)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAE2 #E2744C

analogous

#4CE2BF #4CBAE2 #4C6FE2

triadic

#4CBAE2 #E24CBA #BAE24C

tetradic

#4CBAE2 #BF4CE2 #E2744C #6FE24C

square

#4CBAE2 #BF4CE2 #E2744C #6FE24C

split-complementary

#4CBAE2 #E24C6F #E2BF4C

monochromatic

#19789B #22A1CF #4CBAE2 #81CEEB #B5E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4CBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#4CBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAE2

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAE2	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceeb',
    500: '#4cbae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbae2;
$custom-light: #8eceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAE2

secondary

#E2B7A8

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAE2

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

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