#4BB6E0#4BB6E0

#4BB6E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6E0
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -17.71, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 34.90, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.077 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.114 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0788, 40.3300, 76.5477)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6E0 #E0754B

analogous

#4BE0BF #4BB6E0 #4B6BE0

triadic

#4BB6E0 #E04BB6 #B6E04B

tetradic

#4BB6E0 #BF4BE0 #E0754B #6BE04B

square

#4BB6E0 #BF4BE0 #E0754B #6BE04B

split-complementary

#4BB6E0 #E04B6B #E0BF4B

monochromatic

#1A7397 #239CCB #4BB6E0 #7FCBE9 #B3E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB6E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4BB6E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6E0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6E0	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcce9',
    500: '#4bb6e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6e0;
$custom-light: #8dcce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6E0

secondary

#E1B7A6

accent

#6D3AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6E0

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

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