#4BB5D5#4BB5D5

#4BB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5D5
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -20.62, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 32.51, 230.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0801 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4309, 39.3443, 68.8756)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5D5 #D56B4B

analogous

#4BD5B0 #4BB5D5 #4B70D5

triadic

#4BB5D5 #D54BB5 #B5D54B

tetradic

#4BB5D5 #B04BD5 #D56B4B #70D54B

square

#4BB5D5 #B04BD5 #D56B4B #70D54B

split-complementary

#4BB5D5 #D54B70 #D5B04B

monochromatic

#1F6E86 #2B97B8 #4BB5D5 #7DC9E1 #AEDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4BB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5D5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5D5	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe2',
    500: '#4bb5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5d5;
$custom-light: #8ccbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5D5

secondary

#DAAFA2

accent

#6843E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5D5

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

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