#4BB6D8#4BB6D8

#4BB6D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6D8
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -20.21, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 33.06, 232.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.08 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.108 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0193, 39.9062, 70.9676)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6D8 #D86D4B

analogous

#4BD8B4 #4BB6D8 #4B70D8

triadic

#4BB6D8 #D84BB6 #B6D84B

tetradic

#4BB6D8 #B44BD8 #D86D4B #70D84B

square

#4BB6D8 #B44BD8 #D86D4B #70D84B

split-complementary

#4BB6D8 #D84B70 #D8B44B

monochromatic

#1E708B #2999BD #4BB6D8 #7DCAE3 #B0DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BB6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4BB6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6D8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6D8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce4',
    500: '#4bb6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6d8;
$custom-light: #8ccce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6D8

secondary

#DCB1A3

accent

#6940E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6D8

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

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