#4BB9DE#4BB9DE

#4BB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9DE
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -19.90, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 34.15, 234.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0808 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.112 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4301, 41.4641, 75.3346)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9DE #DE704B

analogous

#4BDEB9 #4BB9DE #4B6FDE

triadic

#4BB9DE #DE4BB9 #B9DE4B

tetradic

#4BB9DE #B94BDE #DE704B #6FDE4B

square

#4BB9DE #B94BDE #DE704B #6FDE4B

split-complementary

#4BB9DE #DE4B6F #DEB94B

monochromatic

#1B7594 #259EC7 #4BB9DE #7FCDE7 #B2E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4BB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9DE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9DE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee8',
    500: '#4bb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9de;
$custom-light: #8dcee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9DE

secondary

#E0B4A5

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9DE

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

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