#4BB8E1#4BB8E1

#4BB8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8E1
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -18.44, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.93, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0787 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.114 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6273, 41.2094, 77.4016)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8E1 #E1744B

analogous

#4BE1BF #4BB8E1 #4B6DE1

triadic

#4BB8E1 #E14BB8 #B8E14B

tetradic

#4BB8E1 #BF4BE1 #E1744B #6DE14B

square

#4BB8E1 #BF4BE1 #E1744B #6DE14B

split-complementary

#4BB8E1 #E14B6D #E1BF4B

monochromatic

#197698 #229ECD #4BB8E1 #7FCDEA #B4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4BB8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4BB8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8E1

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8E1	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdea',
    500: '#4bb8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8e1;
$custom-light: #8ecdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8E1

secondary

#E1B7A6

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8E1

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

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