#4BB0E1#4BB0E1

#4BB0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BB0E1
RGBrgb(75, 176, 225)
HSLhsl(200, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.01, -14.21, -33.24)
CIE-LCHlch(68.01, 36.15, 246.85°)
OKLaboklab(71.8% -0.0707 -0.0932)
OKLCHoklch(71.8% 0.117 232.8)
XYZxyz(32.0122, 37.9793, 76.8632)
Luminance0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BB0E1 #E17C4B
analogous
#4BE1C7 #4BB0E1 #4B65E1
triadic
#4BB0E1 #E14BB0 #B0E14B
tetradic
#4BB0E1 #C74BE1 #E17C4B #65E14B
square
#4BB0E1 #C74BE1 #E17C4B #65E14B
split-complementary
#4BB0E1 #E14B65 #E1C74B
monochromatic
#196F98 #2295CD #4BB0E1 #7FC7EA #B4DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#4BB0E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60
#4BB0E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0E1
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BB0E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BB0E11.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98AEE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#839FE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bb0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7ea',
    500: '#4bb0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bb0e1;
$custom-light: #8dc7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bb0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BB0E1
secondary
#E1BAA6
accent
#753AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4BB0E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva