#4BB4CC#4BB4CC

#4BB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4CC
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -22.85, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 31.12, 222.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0826 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.101 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1175, 38.4948, 62.9580)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4CC #CC634B

analogous

#4BCCA4 #4BB4CC #4B73CC

triadic

#4BB4CC #CC4BB4 #B4CC4B

tetradic

#4BB4CC #A44BCC #CC634B #73CC4B

square

#4BB4CC #A44BCC #CC634B #73CC4B

split-complementary

#4BB4CC #CC4B73 #CCA44B

monochromatic

#236A7A #3093AA #4BB4CC #7BC8DA #AADCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4BB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4CC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4CC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadb',
    500: '#4bb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4cc;
$custom-light: #8bcadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4CC

secondary

#D5A89E

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4CC

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

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