#4BBAE5#4BBAE5

#4BBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE5
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -18.23, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 35.72, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0792 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.117 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5977, 42.2670, 80.4485)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE5 #E5764B

analogous

#4BE5C3 #4BBAE5 #4B6DE5

triadic

#4BBAE5 #E54BBA #BAE54B

tetradic

#4BBAE5 #C34BE5 #E5764B #6DE54B

square

#4BBAE5 #C34BE5 #E5764B #6DE54B

split-complementary

#4BBAE5 #E54B6D #E5C34B

monochromatic

#17799F #1FA1D4 #4BBAE5 #80CEED #B6E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4BBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#4BBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceed',
    500: '#4bbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae5;
$custom-light: #8eceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE5

secondary

#E4B9A8

accent

#6B36F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE5

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

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