#4BB6CD#4BB6CD

#4BB6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6CD
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -23.56, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 31.38, 221.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0842 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6445, 39.3563, 63.7273)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6CD #CD624B

analogous

#4BCDA3 #4BB6CD #4B75CD

triadic

#4BB6CD #CD4BB6 #B6CD4B

tetradic

#4BB6CD #A34BCD #CD624B #75CD4B

square

#4BB6CD #A34BCD #CD624B #75CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB6CD #CD4B75 #CDA34B

monochromatic

#226C7B #3095AB #4BB6CD #7BC9DA #ABDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4BB6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6CD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6CD	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)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccdc',
    500: '#4bb6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6cd;
$custom-light: #8bccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6CD

secondary

#D5A89F

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6CD

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

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