#4BBDDE#4BBDDE

#4BBDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDDE
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -21.96, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 34.01, 229.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0848 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.112 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2787, 43.1612, 75.6175)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDDE #DE6C4B

analogous

#4BDEB5 #4BBDDE #4B74DE

triadic

#4BBDDE #DE4BBD #BDDE4B

tetradic

#4BBDDE #B54BDE #DE6C4B #74DE4B

square

#4BBDDE #B54BDE #DE6C4B #74DE4B

split-complementary

#4BBDDE #DE4B74 #DEB54B

monochromatic

#1B7894 #25A3C7 #4BBDDE #7FD0E7 #B2E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#4BBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDDE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDDE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e8',
    500: '#4bbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdde;
$custom-light: #8dd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDDE

secondary

#E0B2A5

accent

#633CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDDE

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

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