#4BBCD6#4BBCD6

#4BBCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCD6
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -23.89, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 32.81, 223.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0869 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.107 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0175, 42.3138, 70.0326)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCD6 #D6654B

analogous

#4BD6AB #4BBCD6 #4B77D6

triadic

#4BBCD6 #D64BBC #BCD64B

tetradic

#4BBCD6 #AB4BD6 #D6654B #77D64B

square

#4BBCD6 #AB4BD6 #D6654B #77D64B

split-complementary

#4BBCD6 #D64B77 #D6AB4B

monochromatic

#1F7488 #2A9FBA #4BBCD6 #7DCFE1 #AFE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4BBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#4BBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCD6

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCD6	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0e2',
    500: '#4bbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcd6;
$custom-light: #8dd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCD6

secondary

#DBADA2

accent

#6142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCD6

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

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