#4BB6DE#4BB6DE

#4BB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6DE
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -18.34, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 34.39, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0778 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.113 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8091, 40.2221, 75.1276)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6DE #DE734B

analogous

#4BDEBD #4BB6DE #4B6CDE

triadic

#4BB6DE #DE4BB6 #B6DE4B

tetradic

#4BB6DE #BD4BDE #DE734B #6CDE4B

square

#4BB6DE #BD4BDE #DE734B #6CDE4B

split-complementary

#4BB6DE #DE4B6C #DEBD4B

monochromatic

#1B7394 #259BC7 #4BB6DE #7FCBE7 #B2E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4BB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6DE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6DE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce8',
    500: '#4bb6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6de;
$custom-light: #8dcce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73056,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6DE

secondary

#E0B5A5

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6DE

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

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