#4BB4E1#4BB4E1

#4BB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4E1
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -16.34, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 35.44, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0747 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.115 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8081, 39.5711, 77.1285)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4E1 #E1784B

analogous

#4BE1C3 #4BB4E1 #4B69E1

triadic

#4BB4E1 #E14BB4 #B4E14B

tetradic

#4BB4E1 #C34BE1 #E1784B #69E14B

square

#4BB4E1 #C34BE1 #E1784B #69E14B

split-complementary

#4BB4E1 #E14B69 #E1C34B

monochromatic

#197298 #229ACD #4BB4E1 #7FCAEA #B4E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4BB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4E1

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4E1	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaea',
    500: '#4bb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4e1;
$custom-light: #8dcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4E1

secondary

#E1B8A6

accent

#703AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4E1

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

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