#4BB9DF#4BB9DF

#4BB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9DF
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -19.59, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 34.37, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0804 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.113 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5645, 41.5178, 76.0426)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9DF #DF714B

analogous

#4BDFBB #4BB9DF #4B6FDF

triadic

#4BB9DF #DF4BB9 #B9DF4B

tetradic

#4BB9DF #BB4BDF #DF714B #6FDF4B

square

#4BB9DF #BB4BDF #DF714B #6FDF4B

split-complementary

#4BB9DF #DF4B6F #DFBB4B

monochromatic

#1B7695 #249FC9 #4BB9DF #7FCDE8 #B3E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4BB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9DF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9DF	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee9',
    500: '#4bb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9df;
$custom-light: #8dcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9DF

secondary

#E0B5A6

accent

#693BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9DF

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

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