#4BBCED#4BBCED

#4BBCED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCED
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -16.75, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 37.62, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0784 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.123 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1648, 43.5727, 86.6087)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCED #ED7C4B

analogous

#4BEDCD #4BBCED #4B6BED

triadic

#4BBCED #ED4BBC #BCED4B

tetradic

#4BBCED #CD4BED #ED7C4B #6BED4B

square

#4BBCED #CD4BED #ED7C4B #6BED4B

split-complementary

#4BBCED #ED4B6B #EDCD4B

monochromatic

#117DAC #17A6E4 #4BBCED #83D1F3 #BAE5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#4BBCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCED

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCED	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0f3',
    500: '#4bbced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbced;
$custom-light: #8fd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.148,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75097,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCED

secondary

#E8BEAB

accent

#4807DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCED

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

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