#4BB6E1#4BB6E1

#4BB6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6E1
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -17.40, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 35.16, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0767 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.115 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2148, 40.3844, 77.2640)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6E1 #E1764B

analogous

#4BE1C1 #4BB6E1 #4B6BE1

triadic

#4BB6E1 #E14BB6 #B6E14B

tetradic

#4BB6E1 #C14BE1 #E1764B #6BE14B

square

#4BB6E1 #C14BE1 #E1764B #6BE14B

split-complementary

#4BB6E1 #E14B6B #E1C14B

monochromatic

#197498 #229CCD #4BB6E1 #7FCBEA #B4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4BB6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6E1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6E1	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccea',
    500: '#4bb6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6e1;
$custom-light: #8dccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6E1

secondary

#E1B7A6

accent

#6D3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6E1

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

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