#4BBAD8#4BBAD8

#4BBAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAD8
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -22.27, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 33.01, 227.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0841 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.108 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8502, 41.5680, 71.2446)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAD8 #D8694B

analogous

#4BD8B0 #4BBAD8 #4B74D8

triadic

#4BBAD8 #D84BBA #BAD84B

tetradic

#4BBAD8 #B04BD8 #D8694B #74D84B

square

#4BBAD8 #B04BD8 #D8694B #74D84B

split-complementary

#4BBAD8 #D84B74 #D8B04B

monochromatic

#1E738B #299DBD #4BBAD8 #7DCDE3 #B0E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4BBAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4BBAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAD8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAD8	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe4',
    500: '#4bbad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbad8;
$custom-light: #8dcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAD8

secondary

#DCAFA3

accent

#6440E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAD8

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

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