#4BB0E0#4BB0E0

#4BB0E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0E0
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -14.53, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 35.84, 246.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.071 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.116 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8762, 37.9249, 76.1469)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0E0 #E07B4B

analogous

#4BE0C5 #4BB0E0 #4B65E0

triadic

#4BB0E0 #E04BB0 #B0E04B

tetradic

#4BB0E0 #C54BE0 #E07B4B #65E04B

square

#4BB0E0 #C54BE0 #E07B4B #65E04B

split-complementary

#4BB0E0 #E04B65 #E0C54B

monochromatic

#1A6E97 #2395CB #4BB0E0 #7FC7E9 #B3DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4BB0E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4BB0E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0E0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0E0	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7ea',
    500: '#4bb0e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0e0;
$custom-light: #8dc7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0E0

secondary

#E1B9A6

accent

#743AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0E0

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

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