#4BB8CE#4BB8CE

#4BB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8CE
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -24.28, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 31.66, 219.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0859 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.103 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1781, 40.2297, 64.5025)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8CE #CE614B

analogous

#4BCEA2 #4BB8CE #4B77CE

triadic

#4BB8CE #CE4BB8 #B8CE4B

tetradic

#4BB8CE #A24BCE #CE614B #77CE4B

square

#4BB8CE #A24BCE #CE614B #77CE4B

split-complementary

#4BB8CE #CE4B77 #CEA24B

monochromatic

#226D7D #2F98AD #4BB8CE #7BCBDB #ABDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4BB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddd',
    500: '#4bb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ce;
$custom-light: #8bcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.076,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72869,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8CE

secondary

#D6A89F

accent

#6147E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8CE

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

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