#4BBAE2#4BBAE2

#4BBAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE2
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -19.17, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 34.98, 236.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0803 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.115 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1825, 42.1009, 78.2616)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE2 #E2734B

analogous

#4BE2BF #4BBAE2 #4B6FE2

triadic

#4BBAE2 #E24BBA #BAE24B

tetradic

#4BBAE2 #BF4BE2 #E2734B #6FE24B

square

#4BBAE2 #BF4BE2 #E2734B #6FE24B

split-complementary

#4BBAE2 #E24B6F #E2BF4B

monochromatic

#19789A #21A1CF #4BBAE2 #80CEEA #B4E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#4BBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE2

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE2	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceeb',
    500: '#4bbae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae2;
$custom-light: #8eceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE2

secondary

#E2B6A7

accent

#6939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE2

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

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