#4BBDDF#4BBDDF

#4BBDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDDF
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -21.65, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 34.19, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0845 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.112 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4131, 43.2150, 76.3254)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDDF #DF6D4B

analogous

#4BDFB7 #4BBDDF #4B73DF

triadic

#4BBDDF #DF4BBD #BDDF4B

tetradic

#4BBDDF #B74BDF #DF6D4B #73DF4B

square

#4BBDDF #B74BDF #DF6D4B #73DF4B

split-complementary

#4BBDDF #DF4B73 #DFB74B

monochromatic

#1B7995 #24A3C9 #4BBDDF #7FD0E8 #B3E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4BBDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#4BBDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDDF

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDDF	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1e9',
    500: '#4bbddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbddf;
$custom-light: #8ed1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDDF

secondary

#E0B3A6

accent

#643BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDDF

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

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