#4BB8DA#4BB8DA

#4BB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DA
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -20.63, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 33.38, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0813 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.109 222)
XYZ	xyz(32.6919, 40.8353, 72.4751)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DA #DA6D4B

analogous

#4BDAB5 #4BB8DA #4B70DA

triadic

#4BB8DA #DA4BB8 #B8DA4B

tetradic

#4BB8DA #B54BDA #DA6D4B #70DA4B

square

#4BB8DA #B54BDA #DA6D4B #70DA4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DA #DA4B70 #DAB54B

monochromatic

#1D738E #289CC0 #4BB8DA #7ECCE4 #B1E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4BB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DA	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde5',
    500: '#4bb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8da;
$custom-light: #8dcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.40839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DA

secondary

#DDB1A4

accent

#673FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DA

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

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