#4BB2DD#4BB2DD

#4BB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB2DD
RGB	rgb(75, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -16.55, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 34.61, 241.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0741 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.113 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8680, 38.5537, 74.1547)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB2DD #DD764B

analogous

#4BDDBF #4BB2DD #4B69DD

triadic

#4BB2DD #DD4BB2 #B2DD4B

tetradic

#4BB2DD #BF4BDD #DD764B #69DD4B

square

#4BB2DD #BF4BDD #DD764B #69DD4B

split-complementary

#4BB2DD #DD4B69 #DDBF4B

monochromatic

#1C6F92 #2596C5 #4BB2DD #7EC8E7 #B2DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4BB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB2DD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB2DD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4bb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb2dd;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB2DD

secondary

#DFB6A5

accent

#703DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB2DD

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

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