#4BB8DE#4BB8DE

#4BB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DE
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -19.38, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 34.22, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0798 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.112 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2216, 41.0472, 75.2651)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DE #DE714B

analogous

#4BDEBA #4BB8DE #4B6EDE

triadic

#4BB8DE #DE4BB8 #B8DE4B

tetradic

#4BB8DE #BA4BDE #DE714B #6EDE4B

square

#4BB8DE #BA4BDE #DE714B #6EDE4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DE #DE4B6E #DEBA4B

monochromatic

#1B7494 #259DC7 #4BB8DE #7FCCE7 #B2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4BB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#4BB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde8',
    500: '#4bb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8de;
$custom-light: #8dcde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DE

secondary

#E0B4A5

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DE

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

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