#4BB2D9#4BB2D9

#4BB2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB2D9
RGB	rgb(75, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -17.81, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 33.56, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0756 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.11 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3414, 38.3430, 71.3814)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB2D9 #D9724B

analogous

#4BD9B9 #4BB2D9 #4B6BD9

triadic

#4BB2D9 #D94BB2 #B2D94B

tetradic

#4BB2D9 #B94BD9 #D9724B #6BD94B

square

#4BB2D9 #B94BD9 #D9724B #6BD94B

split-complementary

#4BB2D9 #D94B6B #D9B94B

monochromatic

#1E6E8C #2895BF #4BB2D9 #7EC8E4 #B0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4BB2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4BB2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB2D9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB2D9	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e4',
    500: '#4bb2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb2d9;
$custom-light: #8cc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB2D9

secondary

#DDB3A3

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB2D9

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

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