#4BB8E8#4BB8E8

#4BB8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8E8
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -16.23, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 36.83, 243.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0762 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.12 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6018, 41.5992, 82.5342)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8E8 #E87B4B

analogous

#4BE8CA #4BB8E8 #4B69E8

triadic

#4BB8E8 #E84BB8 #B8E84B

tetradic

#4BB8E8 #CA4BE8 #E87B4B #69E84B

square

#4BB8E8 #CA4BE8 #E87B4B #69E84B

split-complementary

#4BB8E8 #E84B69 #E8CA4B

monochromatic

#1578A4 #1CA0DA #4BB8E8 #81CDEF #B8E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4BB8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#4BB8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8E8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8E8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdef',
    500: '#4bb8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8e8;
$custom-light: #8ecdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.344,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8E8

secondary

#E6BCA9

accent

#4B0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8E8

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

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