#4BBDDD#4BBDDD

#4BBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDDD
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -22.27, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 33.84, 228.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0852 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.111 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1451, 43.1078, 74.9137)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDDD #DD6B4B

analogous

#4BDDB4 #4BBDDD #4B74DD

triadic

#4BBDDD #DD4BBD #BDDD4B

tetradic

#4BBDDD #B44BDD #DD6B4B #74DD4B

square

#4BBDDD #B44BDD #DD6B4B #74DD4B

split-complementary

#4BBDDD #DD4B74 #DDB44B

monochromatic

#1C7892 #25A2C5 #4BBDDD #7ED0E7 #B2E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#4BBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDDD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDDD	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)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e7',
    500: '#4bbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbddd;
$custom-light: #8dd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74646,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDDD

secondary

#DFB2A5

accent

#633DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDDD

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

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