#4BB8DB#4BB8DB

#4BB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DB
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -20.32, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.58, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0809 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.11 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8231, 40.8878, 73.1664)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DB #DB6E4B

analogous

#4BDBB6 #4BB8DB #4B70DB

triadic

#4BB8DB #DB4BB8 #B8DB4B

tetradic

#4BB8DB #B64BDB #DB6E4B #70DB4B

square

#4BB8DB #B64BDB #DB6E4B #70DB4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DB #DB4B70 #DBB64B

monochromatic

#1D738F #279CC2 #4BB8DB #7ECCE5 #B1E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4BB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DB	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde6',
    500: '#4bb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8db;
$custom-light: #8dcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DB

secondary

#DEB2A4

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DB

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

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