#4BBAE0#4BBAE0

#4BBAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE0
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -19.80, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 34.52, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0811 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.113 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9097, 41.9918, 76.8247)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE0 #E0714B

analogous

#4BE0BB #4BBAE0 #4B6FE0

triadic

#4BBAE0 #E04BBA #BAE04B

tetradic

#4BBAE0 #BB4BE0 #E0714B #6FE04B

square

#4BBAE0 #BB4BE0 #E0714B #6FE04B

split-complementary

#4BBAE0 #E04B6F #E0BB4B

monochromatic

#1A7797 #23A0CB #4BBAE0 #7FCEE9 #B3E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#4BBAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE0

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE0	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee9',
    500: '#4bbae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae0;
$custom-light: #8ecee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74071,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE0

secondary

#E1B5A6

accent

#683AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE0

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

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