#4BB3D8#4BB3D8

#4BB3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB3D8
RGB	rgb(75, 179, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -18.65, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 33.23, 235.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0769 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.109 225)
XYZ	xyz(31.4114, 38.6906, 70.7650)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB3D8 #D8704B

analogous

#4BD8B7 #4BB3D8 #4B6CD8

triadic

#4BB3D8 #D84BB3 #B3D84B

tetradic

#4BB3D8 #B74BD8 #D8704B #6CD84B

square

#4BB3D8 #B74BD8 #D8704B #6CD84B

split-complementary

#4BB3D8 #D84B6C #D8B74B

monochromatic

#1E6E8B #2996BD #4BB3D8 #7DC8E3 #B0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4BB3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB3D8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB3D8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e4',
    500: '#4bb3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb3d8;
$custom-light: #8cc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72101,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB3D8

secondary

#DCB2A3

accent

#6C40E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB3D8

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

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