#4BB3E2#4BB3E2

#4BB3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB3E2
RGB	rgb(75, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -15.49, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 35.90, 244.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0733 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.117 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7438, 39.2235, 77.7820)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB3E2 #E27A4B

analogous

#4BE2C5 #4BB3E2 #4B68E2

triadic

#4BB3E2 #E24BB3 #B3E24B

tetradic

#4BB3E2 #C54BE2 #E27A4B #68E24B

square

#4BB3E2 #C54BE2 #E27A4B #68E24B

split-complementary

#4BB3E2 #E24B68 #E2C54B

monochromatic

#19729A #2199CF #4BB3E2 #80C9EA #B4E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4BB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB3E2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB3E2	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9eb',
    500: '#4bb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb3e2;
$custom-light: #8dc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB3E2

secondary

#E2B9A7

accent

#7239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB3E2

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

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