#4BBCE8#4BBCE8

#4BBCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCE8
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -18.33, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 36.25, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0802 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.119 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4445, 43.2846, 82.8150)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCE8 #E8774B

analogous

#4BE8C5 #4BBCE8 #4B6EE8

triadic

#4BBCE8 #E84BBC #BCE84B

tetradic

#4BBCE8 #C54BE8 #E8774B #6EE84B

square

#4BBCE8 #C54BE8 #E8774B #6EE84B

split-complementary

#4BBCE8 #E84B6E #E8C54B

monochromatic

#157CA4 #1CA5DA #4BBCE8 #81D0EF #B8E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4BBCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#4BBCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCE8

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCE8	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ef',
    500: '#4bbce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbce8;
$custom-light: #8fd0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCE8

secondary

#E6BAA9

accent

#460CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCE8

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

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