#4BB9E7#4BB9E7

#4BB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9E7
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -17.08, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 36.38, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0775 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.119 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6687, 41.9595, 81.8577)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9E7 #E7794B

analogous

#4BE7C7 #4BB9E7 #4B6BE7

triadic

#4BB9E7 #E74BB9 #B9E74B

tetradic

#4BB9E7 #C74BE7 #E7794B #6BE74B

square

#4BB9E7 #C74BE7 #E7794B #6BE74B

split-complementary

#4BB9E7 #E74B6B #E7C74B

monochromatic

#1679A2 #1DA1D8 #4BB9E7 #81CEEE #B7E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4BB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#4BB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9E7

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9E7	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceee',
    500: '#4bb9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9e7;
$custom-light: #8eceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9E7

secondary

#E5BBA9

accent

#6D35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9E7

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

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