#4BB1C8#4BB1C8

#4BB1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1C8
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -22.52, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 30.44, 222.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.081 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.099 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0449, 37.1072, 60.2641)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1C8 #C8624B

analogous

#4BC8A1 #4BB1C8 #4B73C8

triadic

#4BB1C8 #C84BB1 #B1C84B

tetradic

#4BB1C8 #A14BC8 #C8624B #73C84B

square

#4BB1C8 #A14BC8 #C8624B #73C84B

split-complementary

#4BB1C8 #C84B73 #C8A14B

monochromatic

#246675 #328FA4 #4BB1C8 #7AC5D6 #A9DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4BB1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4BB1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1C8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1C8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8d8',
    500: '#4bb1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1c8;
$custom-light: #8ac8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1C8

secondary

#D2A79D

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1C8

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

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