#4BB6DD#4BB6DD

#4BB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6DD
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -18.65, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.15, 236.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0781 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.112 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6755, 40.1687, 74.4239)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6DD #DD724B

analogous

#4BDDBB #4BB6DD #4B6DDD

triadic

#4BB6DD #DD4BB6 #B6DD4B

tetradic

#4BB6DD #BB4BDD #DD724B #6DDD4B

square

#4BB6DD #BB4BDD #DD724B #6DDD4B

split-complementary

#4BB6DD #DD4B6D #DDBB4B

monochromatic

#1C7292 #259BC5 #4BB6DD #7ECBE7 #B2E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4BB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6DD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6DD	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce7',
    500: '#4bb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6dd;
$custom-light: #8dcce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6DD

secondary

#DFB4A5

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6DD

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

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