#4BB8DC#4BB8DC

#4BB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DC
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -20.01, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.78, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0805 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.111 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9552, 40.9406, 73.8618)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DC #DC6F4B

analogous

#4BDCB8 #4BB8DC #4B6FDC

triadic

#4BB8DC #DC4BB8 #B8DC4B

tetradic

#4BB8DC #B84BDC #DC6F4B #6FDC4B

square

#4BB8DC #B84BDC #DC6F4B #6FDC4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DC #DC4B6F #DCB84B

monochromatic

#1C7491 #269DC4 #4BB8DC #7ECCE6 #B1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4BB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DC	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4bb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8dc;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DC

secondary

#DEB3A4

accent

#683DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DC

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

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