#4BBAE8#4BBAE8

#4BBAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAE8
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -17.28, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 36.51, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0782 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.119 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0202, 42.4360, 82.6736)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAE8 #E8794B

analogous

#4BE8C8 #4BBAE8 #4B6BE8

triadic

#4BBAE8 #E84BBA #BAE84B

tetradic

#4BBAE8 #C84BE8 #E8794B #6BE84B

square

#4BBAE8 #C84BE8 #E8794B #6BE84B

split-complementary

#4BBAE8 #E84B6B #E8C84B

monochromatic

#157AA4 #1CA2DA #4BBAE8 #81CFEF #B8E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4BBAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#4BBAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAE8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAE8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceef',
    500: '#4bbae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbae8;
$custom-light: #8eceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.58,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAE8

secondary

#E6BBA9

accent

#480CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAE8

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

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