#4BB8DD#4BB8DD

#4BB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DD
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -19.70, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 34.00, 234.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0802 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.111 224)
XYZ	xyz(33.0880, 40.9937, 74.5614)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DD #DD704B

analogous

#4BDDB9 #4BB8DD #4B6FDD

triadic

#4BB8DD #DD4BB8 #B8DD4B

tetradic

#4BB8DD #B94BDD #DD704B #6FDD4B

square

#4BB8DD #B94BDD #DD704B #6FDD4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DD #DD4B6F #DDB94B

monochromatic

#1C7492 #259DC5 #4BB8DD #7ECCE7 #B2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4BB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#4BB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde7',
    500: '#4bb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8dd;
$custom-light: #8dcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.40997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DD

secondary

#DFB4A5

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DD

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

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