#4BB6E2#4BB6E2

#4BB6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6E2
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -17.08, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.43, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0763 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.116 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3516, 40.4391, 77.9846)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6E2 #E2774B

analogous

#4BE2C2 #4BB6E2 #4B6BE2

triadic

#4BB6E2 #E24BB6 #B6E24B

tetradic

#4BB6E2 #C24BE2 #E2774B #6BE24B

square

#4BB6E2 #C24BE2 #E2774B #6BE24B

split-complementary

#4BB6E2 #E24B6B #E2C24B

monochromatic

#19749A #219CCF #4BB6E2 #80CBEA #B4E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4BB6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6E2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6E2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecceb',
    500: '#4bb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6e2;
$custom-light: #8ecceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7323,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6E2

secondary

#E2B8A7

accent

#6E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6E2

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

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