#4BB4E0#4BB4E0

#4BB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4E0
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -16.66, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.16, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.075 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.115 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6721, 39.5167, 76.4122)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4E0 #E0774B

analogous

#4BE0C1 #4BB4E0 #4B69E0

triadic

#4BB4E0 #E04BB4 #B4E04B

tetradic

#4BB4E0 #C14BE0 #E0774B #69E04B

square

#4BB4E0 #C14BE0 #E0774B #69E04B

split-complementary

#4BB4E0 #E04B69 #E0C14B

monochromatic

#1A7297 #2399CB #4BB4E0 #7FCAE9 #B3E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4BB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4E0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4E0	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae9',
    500: '#4bb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4e0;
$custom-light: #8dcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4E0

secondary

#E1B7A6

accent

#6F3AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4E0

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

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