#4BB8DF#4BB8DF

#4BB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8DF
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -19.07, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 34.45, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0794 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.113 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3561, 41.1009, 75.9731)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8DF #DF724B

analogous

#4BDFBC #4BB8DF #4B6EDF

triadic

#4BB8DF #DF4BB8 #B8DF4B

tetradic

#4BB8DF #BC4BDF #DF724B #6EDF4B

square

#4BB8DF #BC4BDF #DF724B #6EDF4B

split-complementary

#4BB8DF #DF4B6E #DFBC4B

monochromatic

#1B7595 #249DC9 #4BB8DF #7FCCE8 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4BB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4BB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8DF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8DF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde9',
    500: '#4bb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8df;
$custom-light: #8dcde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8DF

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8DF

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

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