#4BBCDD#4BBCDD

#4BBCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCDD
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -21.76, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 33.84, 230.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0842 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.111 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9307, 42.6791, 74.8423)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCDD #DD6C4B

analogous

#4BDDB5 #4BBCDD #4B73DD

triadic

#4BBCDD #DD4BBC #BCDD4B

tetradic

#4BBCDD #B54BDD #DD6C4B #73DD4B

square

#4BBCDD #B54BDD #DD6C4B #73DD4B

split-complementary

#4BBCDD #DD4B73 #DDB54B

monochromatic

#1C7792 #25A1C5 #4BBCDD #7ECFE7 #B2E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4BBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#4BBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCDD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCDD	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)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0e7',
    500: '#4bbcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcdd;
$custom-light: #8dd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCDD

secondary

#DFB2A5

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCDD

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

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