#4BB1DC#4BB1DC

#4BB1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1DC
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -16.34, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 34.48, 241.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0734 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.112 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5369, 38.1041, 73.3890)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1DC #DC764B

analogous

#4BDCBE #4BB1DC #4B68DC

triadic

#4BB1DC #DC4BB1 #B1DC4B

tetradic

#4BB1DC #BE4BDC #DC764B #68DC4B

square

#4BB1DC #BE4BDC #DC764B #68DC4B

split-complementary

#4BB1DC #DC4B68 #DCBE4B

monochromatic

#1C6E91 #2695C4 #4BB1DC #7EC7E6 #B1DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4BB1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4BB1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1DC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1DC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e7',
    500: '#4bb1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1dc;
$custom-light: #8cc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1DC

secondary

#DEB6A4

accent

#713DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1DC

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

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