#4BB4DA#4BB4DA

#4BB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4DA
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -18.55, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 33.62, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0772 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.11 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8727, 39.1969, 72.2021)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4DA #DA714B

analogous

#4BDAB9 #4BB4DA #4B6CDA

triadic

#4BB4DA #DA4BB4 #B4DA4B

tetradic

#4BB4DA #B94BDA #DA714B #6CDA4B

square

#4BB4DA #B94BDA #DA714B #6CDA4B

split-complementary

#4BB4DA #DA4B6C #DAB94B

monochromatic

#1D708E #2898C0 #4BB4DA #7EC9E4 #B1DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4BB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4DA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4DA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae5',
    500: '#4bb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4da;
$custom-light: #8ccae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4DA

secondary

#DDB3A4

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4DA

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

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