#4BB4E2#4BB4E2

#4BB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4E2
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -16.02, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.73, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0743 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.116 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9449, 39.6258, 77.8490)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4E2 #E2794B

analogous

#4BE2C5 #4BB4E2 #4B69E2

triadic

#4BB4E2 #E24BB4 #B4E24B

tetradic

#4BB4E2 #C54BE2 #E2794B #69E24B

square

#4BB4E2 #C54BE2 #E2794B #69E24B

split-complementary

#4BB4E2 #E24B69 #E2C54B

monochromatic

#19739A #219ACF #4BB4E2 #80CAEA #B4E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4BB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4BB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4E2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4E2	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcaeb',
    500: '#4bb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4e2;
$custom-light: #8dcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4E2

secondary

#E2B9A7

accent

#7039EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4E2

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

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