#4BB6E7#4BB6E7

#4BB6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB6E7
RGB	rgb(75, 182, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -15.49, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 36.88, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0746 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.12 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0477, 40.7176, 81.6507)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB6E7 #E77C4B

analogous

#4BE7CA #4BB6E7 #4B68E7

triadic

#4BB6E7 #E74BB6 #B6E74B

tetradic

#4BB6E7 #CA4BE7 #E77C4B #68E74B

square

#4BB6E7 #CA4BE7 #E77C4B #68E74B

split-complementary

#4BB6E7 #E74B68 #E7CA4B

monochromatic

#1676A2 #1D9DD8 #4BB6E7 #81CCEE #B7E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BB6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4BB6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB6E7

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB6E7	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 182, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbee',
    500: '#4bb6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb6e7;
$custom-light: #8ecbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB6E7

secondary

#E5BCA9

accent

#7135F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB6E7

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

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