#4BB0C9#4BB0C9

#4BB0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0C9
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -21.70, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 30.51, 224.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0795 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9653, 36.7605, 60.8160)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0C9 #C9644B

analogous

#4BC9A3 #4BB0C9 #4B71C9

triadic

#4BB0C9 #C94BB0 #B0C94B

tetradic

#4BB0C9 #A34BC9 #C9644B #71C94B

square

#4BB0C9 #A34BC9 #C9644B #71C94B

split-complementary

#4BB0C9 #C94B71 #C9A34B

monochromatic

#236676 #328EA5 #4BB0C9 #7AC5D7 #A9D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4BB0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#4BB0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0C9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0C9	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7d9',
    500: '#4bb0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0c9;
$custom-light: #8ac7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.905,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0C9

secondary

#D3A89D

accent

#684BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0C9

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

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