#4BB5DC#4BB5DC

#4BB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5DC
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -18.44, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 34.00, 237.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0775 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.111 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3386, 39.7074, 73.6563)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5DC #DC724B

analogous

#4BDCBB #4BB5DC #4B6CDC

triadic

#4BB5DC #DC4BB5 #B5DC4B

tetradic

#4BB5DC #BB4BDC #DC724B #6CDC4B

square

#4BB5DC #BB4BDC #DC724B #6CDC4B

split-complementary

#4BB5DC #DC4B6C #DCBB4B

monochromatic

#1C7191 #2699C4 #4BB5DC #7ECAE6 #B1DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4BB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4BB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5DC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5DC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe7',
    500: '#4bb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5dc;
$custom-light: #8dcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6C3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5DC

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

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