#4BB6E3#4BB6E3

#4BB6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6E3
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -16.76, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.71, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.076 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.116 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4892, 40.4942, 78.7094)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6E3 #E3784B

analogous

#4BE3C4 #4BB6E3 #4B6AE3

triadic

#4BB6E3 #E34BB6 #B6E34B

tetradic

#4BB6E3 #C44BE3 #E3784B #6AE34B

square

#4BB6E3 #C44BE3 #E3784B #6AE34B

split-complementary

#4BB6E3 #E34B6A #E3C44B

monochromatic

#18759B #209CD0 #4BB6E3 #80CBEB #B5E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4BB6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6E3

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6E3	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccec',
    500: '#4bb6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6e3;
$custom-light: #8eccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6E3

secondary

#E3B9A7

accent

#6E38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6E3

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

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