#4BB4DB#4BB4DB

#4BB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4DB
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -18.23, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 33.86, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0768 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.111 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0040, 39.2494, 72.8933)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4DB #DB724B

analogous

#4BDBBA #4BB4DB #4B6CDB

triadic

#4BB4DB #DB4BB4 #B4DB4B

tetradic

#4BB4DB #BA4BDB #DB724B #6CDB4B

square

#4BB4DB #BA4BDB #DB724B #6CDB4B

split-complementary

#4BB4DB #DB4B6C #DBBA4B

monochromatic

#1D708F #2798C2 #4BB4DB #7EC9E5 #B1DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4BB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4DB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4DB	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)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae6',
    500: '#4bb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4db;
$custom-light: #8dcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4DB

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4DB

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

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