#4BB4DC#4BB4DC

#4BB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4DC
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -17.92, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.10, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0765 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.112 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1360, 39.3022, 73.5887)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4DC #DC734B

analogous

#4BDCBC #4BB4DC #4B6BDC

triadic

#4BB4DC #DC4BB4 #B4DC4B

tetradic

#4BB4DC #BC4BDC #DC734B #6BDC4B

square

#4BB4DC #BC4BDC #DC734B #6BDC4B

split-complementary

#4BB4DC #DC4B6B #DCBC4B

monochromatic

#1C7091 #2698C4 #4BB4DC #7EC9E6 #B1DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4BB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4DC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4DC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae7',
    500: '#4bb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4dc;
$custom-light: #8dcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4DC

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

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