#4BBAE6#4BBAE6

#4BBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE6
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -17.92, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 35.98, 240.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0789 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.118 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7378, 42.3230, 81.1860)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE6 #E6774B

analogous

#4BE6C4 #4BBAE6 #4B6DE6

triadic

#4BBAE6 #E64BBA #BAE64B

tetradic

#4BBAE6 #C44BE6 #E6774B #6DE64B

square

#4BBAE6 #C44BE6 #E6774B #6DE64B

split-complementary

#4BBAE6 #E64B6D #E6C44B

monochromatic

#1679A0 #1EA2D6 #4BBAE6 #81CFED #B6E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4BBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#4BBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE6	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceee',
    500: '#4bbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae6;
$custom-light: #8eceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE6

secondary

#E4B9A8

accent

#6B36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE6

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

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