#4BB4D8#4BB4D8

#4BB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4D8
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -19.17, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 33.16, 234.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.078 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.109 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6126, 39.0929, 70.8321)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4D8 #D86F4B

analogous

#4BD8B6 #4BB4D8 #4B6ED8

triadic

#4BB4D8 #D84BB4 #B4D84B

tetradic

#4BB4D8 #B64BD8 #D86F4B #6ED84B

square

#4BB4D8 #B64BD8 #D86F4B #6ED84B

split-complementary

#4BB4D8 #D84B6E #D8B64B

monochromatic

#1E6F8B #2997BD #4BB4D8 #7DC9E3 #B0DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4BB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4D8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4D8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae4',
    500: '#4bb4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4d8;
$custom-light: #8ccae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4D8

secondary

#DCB1A3

accent

#6B40E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4D8

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

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