#4BB4EC#4BB4EC

#4BB4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4EC
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -12.81, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 38.94, 250.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0709 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.125 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3573, 40.1907, 85.2875)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4EC #EC834B

analogous

#4BECD4 #4BB4EC #4B63EC

triadic

#4BB4EC #EC4BB4 #B4EC4B

tetradic

#4BB4EC #D44BEC #EC834B #63EC4B

square

#4BB4EC #D44BEC #EC834B #63EC4B

split-complementary

#4BB4EC #EC4B63 #ECD44B

monochromatic

#1276AB #189CE2 #4BB4EC #82CBF2 #BAE2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4BB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4EC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4EC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaf2',
    500: '#4bb4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4ec;
$custom-light: #8fcaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73222,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4EC

secondary

#E8C0AB

accent

#5208DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4EC

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

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