#4BB1E2#4BB1E2

#4BB1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1E2
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -14.43, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 36.27, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0713 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.118 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3459, 38.4276, 77.6494)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1E2 #E27C4B

analogous

#4BE2C8 #4BB1E2 #4B66E2

triadic

#4BB1E2 #E24BB1 #B1E24B

tetradic

#4BB1E2 #C84BE2 #E27C4B #66E24B

square

#4BB1E2 #C84BE2 #E27C4B #66E24B

split-complementary

#4BB1E2 #E24B66 #E2C84B

monochromatic

#19709A #2196CF #4BB1E2 #80C8EA #B4DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4BB1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4BB1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1E2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1E2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc8eb',
    500: '#4bb1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1e2;
$custom-light: #8dc8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1E2

secondary

#E2BAA7

accent

#7439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1E2

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

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