#4BB5D8#4BB5D8

#4BB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5D8
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -19.69, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 33.10, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.079 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.108 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8152, 39.4981, 70.8996)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5D8 #D86E4B

analogous

#4BD8B5 #4BB5D8 #4B6ED8

triadic

#4BB5D8 #D84BB5 #B5D84B

tetradic

#4BB5D8 #B54BD8 #D86E4B #6ED84B

square

#4BB5D8 #B54BD8 #D86E4B #6ED84B

split-complementary

#4BB5D8 #D84B6E #D8B54B

monochromatic

#1E708B #2998BD #4BB5D8 #7DCAE3 #B0DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4BB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5D8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5D8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe4',
    500: '#4bb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5d8;
$custom-light: #8ccbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5D8

secondary

#DCB1A3

accent

#6A40E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5D8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →