#4BBCE4#4BBCE4

#4BBCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCE4
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -19.59, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 35.27, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0816 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.116 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8828, 43.0599, 79.8567)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCE4 #E4734B

analogous

#4BE4BF #4BBCE4 #4B70E4

triadic

#4BBCE4 #E44BBC #BCE44B

tetradic

#4BBCE4 #BF4BE4 #E4734B #70E44B

square

#4BBCE4 #BF4BE4 #E4734B #70E44B

split-complementary

#4BBCE4 #E44B70 #E4BF4B

monochromatic

#187A9D #20A4D2 #4BBCE4 #80D0EC #B5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#4BBCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCE4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCE4	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ec',
    500: '#4bbce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbce4;
$custom-light: #8ed0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCE4

secondary

#E3B7A8

accent

#6837F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCE4

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

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