#4BB0E2#4BB0E2

#4BB0E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0E2
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -13.89, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 36.48, 247.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0703 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.118 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1491, 38.0340, 77.5838)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0E2 #E27D4B

analogous

#4BE2C9 #4BB0E2 #4B65E2

triadic

#4BB0E2 #E24BB0 #B0E24B

tetradic

#4BB0E2 #C94BE2 #E27D4B #65E24B

square

#4BB0E2 #C94BE2 #E27D4B #65E24B

split-complementary

#4BB0E2 #E24B65 #E2C94B

monochromatic

#196F9A #2195CF #4BB0E2 #80C7EA #B4DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4BB0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#4BB0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0E2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0E2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7eb',
    500: '#4bb0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0e2;
$custom-light: #8dc7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.868,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0E2

secondary

#E2BAA7

accent

#7539EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0E2

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

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