#4BB5CE#4BB5CE

#4BB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5CE
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -22.75, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.42, 223.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0828 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.102 216)
XYZ	xyz(30.5615, 38.9966, 64.2970)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5CE #CE644B

analogous

#4BCEA5 #4BB5CE #4B74CE

triadic

#4BB5CE #CE4BB5 #B5CE4B

tetradic

#4BB5CE #A54BCE #CE644B #74CE4B

square

#4BB5CE #A54BCE #CE644B #74CE4B

split-complementary

#4BB5CE #CE4B74 #CEA54B

monochromatic

#226B7D #2F95AD #4BB5CE #7BC9DB #ABDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4BB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5CE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5CE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbdd',
    500: '#4bb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5ce;
$custom-light: #8bcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5CE

secondary

#D6A99F

accent

#6547E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5CE

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

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