#4BBAE3#4BBAE3

#4BBAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE3
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -18.86, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 35.22, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.08 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.115 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3201, 42.1560, 78.9863)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE3 #E3744B

analogous

#4BE3C0 #4BBAE3 #4B6EE3

triadic

#4BBAE3 #E34BBA #BAE34B

tetradic

#4BBAE3 #C04BE3 #E3744B #6EE34B

square

#4BBAE3 #C04BE3 #E3744B #6EE34B

split-complementary

#4BBAE3 #E34B6E #E3C04B

monochromatic

#18789B #20A1D0 #4BBAE3 #80CEEB #B5E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#4BBAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE3

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE3	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceec',
    500: '#4bbae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae3;
$custom-light: #8eceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE3

secondary

#E3B7A7

accent

#6A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE3

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

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