#4BB2DE#4BB2DE

#4BB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB2DE
RGB	rgb(75, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -16.23, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 34.89, 242.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0737 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.114 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0016, 38.6071, 74.8585)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB2DE #DE774B

analogous

#4BDEC0 #4BB2DE #4B68DE

triadic

#4BB2DE #DE4BB2 #B2DE4B

tetradic

#4BB2DE #C04BDE #DE774B #68DE4B

square

#4BB2DE #C04BDE #DE774B #68DE4B

split-complementary

#4BB2DE #DE4B68 #DEC04B

monochromatic

#1B6F94 #2597C7 #4BB2DE #7FC8E7 #B2DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4BB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB2DE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB2DE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e8',
    500: '#4bb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb2de;
$custom-light: #8dc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB2DE

secondary

#E0B7A5

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB2DE

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

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