#4BB5DA#4BB5DA

#4BB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5DA
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -19.07, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 33.54, 235.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0782 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.11 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0753, 39.6021, 72.2696)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5DA #DA704B

analogous

#4BDAB7 #4BB5DA #4B6EDA

triadic

#4BB5DA #DA4BB5 #B5DA4B

tetradic

#4BB5DA #B74BDA #DA704B #6EDA4B

square

#4BB5DA #B74BDA #DA704B #6EDA4B

split-complementary

#4BB5DA #DA4B6E #DAB74B

monochromatic

#1D708E #2899C0 #4BB5DA #7ECAE4 #B1DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4BB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4BB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5DA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5DA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbe5',
    500: '#4bb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5da;
$custom-light: #8ccbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5DA

secondary

#DDB2A4

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5DA

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

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