#4BBCE5#4BBCE5

#4BBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCE5
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -19.27, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 35.51, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0812 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.116 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0220, 43.1156, 80.5900)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCE5 #E5744B

analogous

#4BE5C1 #4BBCE5 #4B6FE5

triadic

#4BBCE5 #E54BBC #BCE54B

tetradic

#4BBCE5 #C14BE5 #E5744B #6FE54B

square

#4BBCE5 #C14BE5 #E5744B #6FE54B

split-complementary

#4BBCE5 #E54B6F #E5C14B

monochromatic

#177B9F #1FA4D4 #4BBCE5 #80D0ED #B6E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#4BBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCE5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCE5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ed',
    500: '#4bbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbce5;
$custom-light: #8ed0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCE5

secondary

#E4B8A8

accent

#6836F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCE5

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

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