#4BB0D9#4BB0D9

#4BB0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0D9
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -16.76, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.79, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0735 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.11 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9464, 37.5530, 71.2497)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0D9 #D9744B

analogous

#4BD9BB #4BB0D9 #4B69D9

triadic

#4BB0D9 #D94BB0 #B0D94B

tetradic

#4BB0D9 #BB4BD9 #D9744B #69D94B

square

#4BB0D9 #BB4BD9 #D9744B #69D94B

split-complementary

#4BB0D9 #D94B69 #D9BB4B

monochromatic

#1E6C8C #2893BF #4BB0D9 #7EC6E4 #B0DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4BB0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4BB0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0D9

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0D9	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e5',
    500: '#4bb0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0d9;
$custom-light: #8cc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0D9

secondary

#DDB4A3

accent

#7040E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0D9

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

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