#4BB8EB#4BB8EB

#4BB8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8EB
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -15.27, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 37.73, 246.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0752 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.123 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0316, 41.7711, 84.7975)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8EB #EB7E4B

analogous

#4BEBCE #4BB8EB #4B68EB

triadic

#4BB8EB #EB4BB8 #B8EB4B

tetradic

#4BB8EB #CE4BEB #EB7E4B #68EB4B

square

#4BB8EB #CE4BEB #EB7E4B #68EB4B

split-complementary

#4BB8EB #EB4B68 #EBCE4B

monochromatic

#1379A9 #19A0E0 #4BB8EB #82CEF1 #B9E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4BB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#4BB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8EB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8EB	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdf1',
    500: '#4bb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8eb;
$custom-light: #8fcdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.125,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8EB

secondary

#E7BEAB

accent

#4C09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8EB

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

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