#4BB9D2#4BB9D2

#4BB9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9D2
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -23.58, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.15, 222.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0854 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.105 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8787, 40.8435, 67.1638)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9D2 #D2644B

analogous

#4BD2A7 #4BB9D2 #4B75D2

triadic

#4BB9D2 #D24BB9 #B9D24B

tetradic

#4BB9D2 #A74BD2 #D2644B #75D24B

square

#4BB9D2 #A74BD2 #D2644B #75D24B

split-complementary

#4BB9D2 #D24B75 #D2A74B

monochromatic

#217082 #2D9AB3 #4BB9D2 #7CCCDE #ADDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4BB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9D2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9D2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedf',
    500: '#4bb9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9d2;
$custom-light: #8ccedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73263,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9D2

secondary

#D8ABA0

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9D2

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

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