#4BB9DC#4BB9DC

#4BB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9DC
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -20.52, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 33.74, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0815 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.111 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1636, 41.3575, 73.9313)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9DC #DC6E4B

analogous

#4BDCB7 #4BB9DC #4B70DC

triadic

#4BB9DC #DC4BB9 #B9DC4B

tetradic

#4BB9DC #B74BDC #DC6E4B #70DC4B

square

#4BB9DC #B74BDC #DC6E4B #70DC4B

split-complementary

#4BB9DC #DC4B70 #DCB74B

monochromatic

#1C7491 #269EC4 #4BB9DC #7ECDE6 #B1E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4BB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9DC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9DC	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee7',
    500: '#4bb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9dc;
$custom-light: #8dcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9DC

secondary

#DEB2A4

accent

#673DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9DC

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

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