#4BB5CD#4BB5CD

#4BB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5CD
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -23.06, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 31.31, 222.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0832 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.102 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4404, 38.9482, 63.6593)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5CD #CD634B

analogous

#4BCDA4 #4BB5CD #4B74CD

triadic

#4BB5CD #CD4BB5 #B5CD4B

tetradic

#4BB5CD #A44BCD #CD634B #74CD4B

square

#4BB5CD #A44BCD #CD634B #74CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB5CD #CD4B74 #CDA44B

monochromatic

#226B7B #3094AB #4BB5CD #7BC9DA #ABDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4BB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdc',
    500: '#4bb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5cd;
$custom-light: #8bcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5CD

secondary

#D5A99F

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5CD

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

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