#4BB2D6#4BB2D6

#4BB2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB2D6
RGB	rgb(75, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -18.75, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 32.85, 235.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0767 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.107 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9548, 38.1884, 69.3450)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB2D6 #D66F4B

analogous

#4BD6B5 #4BB2D6 #4B6DD6

triadic

#4BB2D6 #D64BB2 #B2D64B

tetradic

#4BB2D6 #B54BD6 #D66F4B #6DD64B

square

#4BB2D6 #B54BD6 #D66F4B #6DD64B

split-complementary

#4BB2D6 #D64B6D #D6B54B

monochromatic

#1F6D88 #2A94BA #4BB2D6 #7DC7E1 #AFDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4BB2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4BB2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB2D6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB2D6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e2',
    500: '#4bb2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb2d6;
$custom-light: #8cc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71782,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB2D6

secondary

#DBB1A2

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB2D6

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

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