#4BB4CD#4BB4CD

#4BB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4CD
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -22.55, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 31.24, 223.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0822 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.102 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2378, 38.5430, 63.5917)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4CD #CD644B

analogous

#4BCDA5 #4BB4CD #4B73CD

triadic

#4BB4CD #CD4BB4 #B4CD4B

tetradic

#4BB4CD #A54BCD #CD644B #73CD4B

square

#4BB4CD #A54BCD #CD644B #73CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB4CD #CD4B73 #CDA54B

monochromatic

#226A7B #3093AB #4BB4CD #7BC8DA #ABDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4BB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4CD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4CD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcadc',
    500: '#4bb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4cd;
$custom-light: #8bcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71882,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4CD

secondary

#D5A99F

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4CD

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

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