#4BB1CD#4BB1CD

#4BB1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1CD
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -21.00, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 31.13, 227.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.079 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.102 219)
XYZ	xyz(29.6388, 37.3448, 63.3920)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1CD #CD674B

analogous

#4BCDA8 #4BB1CD #4B70CD

triadic

#4BB1CD #CD4BB1 #B1CD4B

tetradic

#4BB1CD #A84BCD #CD674B #70CD4B

square

#4BB1CD #A84BCD #CD674B #70CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB1CD #CD4B70 #CDA84B

monochromatic

#22687B #3091AB #4BB1CD #7BC6DA #ABDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4BB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4BB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1CD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1CD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8dc',
    500: '#4bb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1cd;
$custom-light: #8bc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.37348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1CD

secondary

#D5AA9F

accent

#6948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1CD

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

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