#4BBBE6#4BBBE6

#4BBBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBBE6
RGB	rgb(75, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -18.44, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 35.86, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0799 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.117 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9492, 42.7458, 81.2564)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBBE6 #E6764B

analogous

#4BE6C3 #4BBBE6 #4B6EE6

triadic

#4BBBE6 #E64BBB #BBE64B

tetradic

#4BBBE6 #C34BE6 #E6764B #6EE64B

square

#4BBBE6 #C34BE6 #E6764B #6EE64B

split-complementary

#4BBBE6 #E64B6E #E6C34B

monochromatic

#167AA0 #1EA3D6 #4BBBE6 #81CFED #B6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4BBBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#4BBBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBBE6

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBBE6	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfee',
    500: '#4bbbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbbe6;
$custom-light: #8ecfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBBE6

secondary

#E4B9A8

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBBE6

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

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