#4BB9E6#4BB9E6

#4BB9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9E6
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -17.39, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 36.11, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0779 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.118 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5278, 41.9032, 81.1160)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9E6 #E6784B

analogous

#4BE6C5 #4BB9E6 #4B6CE6

triadic

#4BB9E6 #E64BB9 #B9E64B

tetradic

#4BB9E6 #C54BE6 #E6784B #6CE64B

square

#4BB9E6 #C54BE6 #E6784B #6CE64B

split-complementary

#4BB9E6 #E64B6C #E6C54B

monochromatic

#1678A0 #1EA1D6 #4BB9E6 #81CEED #B6E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4BB9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4BB9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9E6

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9E6	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceee',
    500: '#4bb9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9e6;
$custom-light: #8eceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9E6

secondary

#E4BAA8

accent

#6C36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9E6

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

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