Does anyne know this old abc cartoon?

Question

it had four main characters which had rings that allowed them to use earth water fire and wind

Answer 1

Captain Planet

Answer 2

Captain Planet and the Paneteers

Answer 3

The cartoon series was "Captain Planet and the Planeteers."

Captain Planet had FIVE characters/powers:

Captain Planet was formed by combining the powers of the rings of the five Planeteers, which represented the four Classical elements: Earth (wielded by Kwame), Fire (Wheeler), Wind (Linka), Water (Gi) - and the additional power of Heart (Ma-Ti).  The sixth character was Captain Planet himself, appearing when all the Planeteers combined their powers and summoned him.  All of these people represented a major ethnicity and each one of them came from a different continent.