#4BB3DC#4BB3DC

#4BB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB3DC
RGB	rgb(75, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -17.39, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 34.22, 239.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0755 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.112 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9349, 38.8999, 73.5217)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB3DC #DC744B

analogous

#4BDCBD #4BB3DC #4B6ADC

triadic

#4BB3DC #DC4BB3 #B3DC4B

tetradic

#4BB3DC #BD4BDC #DC744B #6ADC4B

square

#4BB3DC #BD4BDC #DC744B #6ADC4B

split-complementary

#4BB3DC #DC4B6A #DCBD4B

monochromatic

#1C7091 #2697C4 #4BB3DC #7EC9E6 #B1DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4BB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB3DC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB3DC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4bb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb3dc;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72273,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB3DC

secondary

#DEB5A4

accent

#6E3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB3DC

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

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