#4BB9D8#4BB9D8

#4BB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BB9D8
RGBrgb(75, 185, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.28, -21.75, -24.82)
CIE-LCHlch(70.28, 33.00, 228.76°)
OKLaboklab(73.51% -0.0831 -0.0691)
OKLCHoklch(73.51% 0.108 219.8)
XYZxyz(32.6402, 41.1481, 71.1746)
Luminance0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BB9D8 #D86A4B
analogous
#4BD8B0 #4BB9D8 #4B73D8
triadic
#4BB9D8 #D84BB9 #B9D84B
tetradic
#4BB9D8 #B04BD8 #D86A4B #73D84B
square
#4BB9D8 #B04BD8 #D86A4B #73D84B
split-complementary
#4BB9D8 #D84B73 #D8B04B
monochromatic
#1E738B #299CBD #4BB9D8 #7DCDE3 #B0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#4BB9D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23
#4BB9D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9D8
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BB9D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BB9D81.002.289.239.23
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2321.001.001.00
##0000009.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B4DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A5D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 219.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee4',
    500: '#4bb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bb9d8;
$custom-light: #8dcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73505,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BB9D8
secondary
#DCAFA3
accent
#6540E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#4BB9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva