#4BB1D6#4BB1D6

#4BB1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1D6
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -18.23, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 32.93, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0756 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.108 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7565, 37.7919, 69.2789)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1D6 #D6704B

analogous

#4BD6B6 #4BB1D6 #4B6CD6

triadic

#4BB1D6 #D64BB1 #B1D64B

tetradic

#4BB1D6 #B64BD6 #D6704B #6CD64B

square

#4BB1D6 #B64BD6 #D6704B #6CD64B

split-complementary

#4BB1D6 #D64B6C #D6B64B

monochromatic

#1F6C88 #2A93BA #4BB1D6 #7DC7E1 #AFDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4BB1D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4BB1D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1D6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1D6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e2',
    500: '#4bb1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1d6;
$custom-light: #8cc8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71549,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1D6

secondary

#DBB1A2

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1D6

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

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