#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
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -14.21, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 36.15, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0707 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.117 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0122, 37.9793, 76.8632)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##4BB0E1	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4BB0E1

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

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