#4BBAEE#4BBAEE

#4BBAEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BBAEE
RGBrgb(75, 186, 238)
HSLhsl(199, 83%, 61%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.41, -15.37, -35.06)
CIE-LCHlch(71.41, 38.28, 246.32°)
OKLaboklab(74.68% -0.0761 -0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(74.68% 0.124 232.3)
XYZxyz(35.8871, 42.7827, 87.2389)
Luminance0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BBAEE #EE7F4B
analogous
#4BEED1 #4BBAEE #4B69EE
triadic
#4BBAEE #EE4BBA #BAEE4B
tetradic
#4BBAEE #D14BEE #EE7F4B #69EE4B
square
#4BBAEE #D14BEE #EE7F4B #69EE4B
split-complementary
#4BBAEE #EE4B69 #EED14B
monochromatic
#107CAE #16A4E6 #4BBAEE #83CFF3 #BBE5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#4BBAEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#4BBAEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAEE
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BBAEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BBAEE1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B8F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA8ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bbaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 232.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcef3',
    500: '#4bbaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bbaee;
$custom-light: #8fcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bbaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.141,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BBAEE
secondary
#E9BFAC
accent
#4C06DF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAEE

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#4BBAEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva