#4BBCEE#4BBCEE

#4BBCEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.124 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCEE
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -16.43, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 37.91, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.078 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.124 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3113, 43.6313, 87.3803)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCEE #EE7D4B

analogous

#4BEECF #4BBCEE #4B6BEE

triadic

#4BBCEE #EE4BBC #BCEE4B

tetradic

#4BBCEE #CF4BEE #EE7D4B #6BEE4B

square

#4BBCEE #CF4BEE #EE7D4B #6BEE4B

split-complementary

#4BBCEE #EE4B6B #EECF4B

monochromatic

#107EAE #16A6E6 #4BBCEE #83D1F3 #BBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#4BBCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCEE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCEE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.124 230.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.405,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCEE

secondary

#E9BFAC

accent

#4906DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCEE

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

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