#4BB6DC#4BB6DC

#4BB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6DC
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -18.97, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 33.92, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0785 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.111 225)
XYZ	xyz(32.5427, 40.1155, 73.7243)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6DC #DC714B

analogous

#4BDCB9 #4BB6DC #4B6DDC

triadic

#4BB6DC #DC4BB6 #B6DC4B

tetradic

#4BB6DC #B94BDC #DC714B #6DDC4B

square

#4BB6DC #B94BDC #DC714B #6DDC4B

split-complementary

#4BB6DC #DC4B6D #DCB94B

monochromatic

#1C7291 #269AC4 #4BB6DC #7ECBE6 #B1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4BB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6DC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6DC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce7',
    500: '#4bb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6dc;
$custom-light: #8dcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.40119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6DC

secondary

#DEB4A4

accent

#6B3DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6DC

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

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