#4BB8D8#4BB8D8

#4BB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8D8
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -21.24, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 33.01, 229.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.082 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.108 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4318, 40.7312, 71.1051)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8D8 #D86B4B

analogous

#4BD8B2 #4BB8D8 #4B72D8

triadic

#4BB8D8 #D84BB8 #B8D84B

tetradic

#4BB8D8 #B24BD8 #D86B4B #72D84B

square

#4BB8D8 #B24BD8 #D86B4B #72D84B

split-complementary

#4BB8D8 #D84B72 #D8B24B

monochromatic

#1E728B #299BBD #4BB8D8 #7DCCE3 #B0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4BB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8D8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8D8	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde4',
    500: '#4bb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8d8;
$custom-light: #8ccde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.617,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8D8

secondary

#DCB0A3

accent

#6640E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8D8

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

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