#4BBCE6#4BBCE6

#4BBCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCE6
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -18.96, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 35.75, 237.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0809 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.117 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1620, 43.1716, 81.3274)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCE6 #E6754B

analogous

#4BE6C3 #4BBCE6 #4B6FE6

triadic

#4BBCE6 #E64BBC #BCE64B

tetradic

#4BBCE6 #C34BE6 #E6754B #6FE64B

square

#4BBCE6 #C34BE6 #E6754B #6FE64B

split-complementary

#4BBCE6 #E64B6F #E6C34B

monochromatic

#167BA0 #1EA4D6 #4BBCE6 #81D0ED #B6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#4BBCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCE6

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCE6	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ee',
    500: '#4bbce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbce6;
$custom-light: #8ed0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCE6

secondary

#E4B9A8

accent

#6936F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCE6

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

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