#4BB1E1#4BB1E1

#4BB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BB1E1
RGBrgb(75, 177, 225)
HSLhsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.29, -14.75, -32.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.29, 35.96, 245.79°)
OKLaboklab(72.03% -0.0717 -0.092)
OKLCHoklch(72.03% 0.117 232.1)
XYZxyz(32.2090, 38.3729, 76.9288)
Luminance0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BB1E1 #E17B4B
analogous
#4BE1C6 #4BB1E1 #4B66E1
triadic
#4BB1E1 #E14BB1 #B1E14B
tetradic
#4BB1E1 #C64BE1 #E17B4B #66E14B
square
#4BB1E1 #C64BE1 #E17B4B #66E14B
split-complementary
#4BB1E1 #E14B66 #E1C64B
monochromatic
#197098 #2296CD #4BB1E1 #7FC8EA #B4DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#4BB1E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#4BB1E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1E1
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BB1E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BB1E11.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99AFE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84A0E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bb1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 232.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8ea',
    500: '#4bb1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bb1e1;
$custom-light: #8dc8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bb1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BB1E1
secondary
#E1B9A6
accent
#733AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1E1

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#4BB1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva