#4BBAE1#4BBAE1

#4BBAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE1
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -19.49, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 34.75, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0807 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.114 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0457, 42.0462, 77.5410)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE1 #E1724B

analogous

#4BE1BD #4BBAE1 #4B6FE1

triadic

#4BBAE1 #E14BBA #BAE14B

tetradic

#4BBAE1 #BD4BE1 #E1724B #6FE14B

square

#4BBAE1 #BD4BE1 #E1724B #6FE14B

split-complementary

#4BBAE1 #E14B6F #E1BD4B

monochromatic

#197798 #22A0CD #4BBAE1 #7FCEEA #B4E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#4BBAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE1

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE1	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceea',
    500: '#4bbae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae1;
$custom-light: #8eceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE1

secondary

#E1B6A6

accent

#693AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE1

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

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