#4BB4DE#4BB4DE

#4BB4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4DE
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -17.29, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 34.62, 240.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0758 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.113 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4025, 39.4088, 74.9921)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4DE #DE754B

analogous

#4BDEBE #4BB4DE #4B6ADE

triadic

#4BB4DE #DE4BB4 #B4DE4B

tetradic

#4BB4DE #BE4BDE #DE754B #6ADE4B

square

#4BB4DE #BE4BDE #DE754B #6ADE4B

split-complementary

#4BB4DE #DE4B6A #DEBE4B

monochromatic

#1B7194 #2599C7 #4BB4DE #7FCAE7 #B2DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4BB4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4DE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4DE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae8',
    500: '#4bb4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4de;
$custom-light: #8dcae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4DE

secondary

#E0B6A5

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4DE

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

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