#4BB0D6#4BB0D6

#4BB0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0D6
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -17.70, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 33.02, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0746 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.108 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5597, 37.3983, 69.2133)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0D6 #D6714B

analogous

#4BD6B7 #4BB0D6 #4B6BD6

triadic

#4BB0D6 #D64BB0 #B0D64B

tetradic

#4BB0D6 #B74BD6 #D6714B #6BD64B

square

#4BB0D6 #B74BD6 #D6714B #6BD64B

split-complementary

#4BB0D6 #D64B6B #D6B74B

monochromatic

#1F6B88 #2A92BA #4BB0D6 #7DC6E1 #AFDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4BB0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4BB0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0D6

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0D6	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e2',
    500: '#4bb0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0d6;
$custom-light: #8cc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71315,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0D6

secondary

#DBB2A2

accent

#6F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0D6

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

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