#4BBBE5#4BBBE5

#4BBBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBBE5
RGB	rgb(75, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -18.75, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 35.61, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0802 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.117 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8091, 42.6898, 80.5190)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBBE5 #E5754B

analogous

#4BE5C2 #4BBBE5 #4B6EE5

triadic

#4BBBE5 #E54BBB #BBE54B

tetradic

#4BBBE5 #C24BE5 #E5754B #6EE54B

square

#4BBBE5 #C24BE5 #E5754B #6EE54B

split-complementary

#4BBBE5 #E54B6E #E5C24B

monochromatic

#177A9F #1FA3D4 #4BBBE5 #80CFED #B6E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4BBBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#4BBBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBBE5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBBE5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfed',
    500: '#4bbbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbbe5;
$custom-light: #8ecfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBBE5

secondary

#E4B8A8

accent

#6936F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBBE5

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

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