#4CBBE2#4CBBE2

#4CBBE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBBE2
RGB	rgb(76, 187, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -19.54, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 34.77, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0808 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.114 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4727, 42.5644, 78.3357)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBBE2 #E2734C

analogous

#4CE2BE #4CBBE2 #4C70E2

triadic

#4CBBE2 #E24CBB #BBE24C

tetradic

#4CBBE2 #BE4CE2 #E2734C #70E24C

square

#4CBBE2 #BE4CE2 #E2734C #70E24C

split-complementary

#4CBBE2 #E24C70 #E2BE4C

monochromatic

#19799B #22A2CF #4CBBE2 #81CFEB #B5E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4CBBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#4CBBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBBE2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBBE2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 187, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfeb',
    500: '#4cbbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbbe2;
$custom-light: #8ecfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74419,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBBE2

secondary

#E2B7A8

accent

#6839EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBBE2

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

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