#4BB8E6#4BB8E6

#4BB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8E6
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -16.87, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 36.25, 242.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0769 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.118 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3194, 41.4862, 81.0465)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8E6 #E6794B

analogous

#4BE6C6 #4BB8E6 #4B6BE6

triadic

#4BB8E6 #E64BB8 #B8E64B

tetradic

#4BB8E6 #C64BE6 #E6794B #6BE64B

square

#4BB8E6 #C64BE6 #E6794B #6BE64B

split-complementary

#4BB8E6 #E64B6B #E6C64B

monochromatic

#1677A0 #1E9FD6 #4BB8E6 #81CDED #B6E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BB8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4BB8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8E6

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8E6	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdee',
    500: '#4bb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8e6;
$custom-light: #8ecdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.806,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8E6

secondary

#E4BAA8

accent

#6E36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8E6

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

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