#4BBDE1#4BBDE1

#4BBDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE1
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -21.03, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 34.57, 232.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0837 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.113 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6843, 43.3235, 77.7539)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE1 #E16F4B

analogous

#4BE1BA #4BBDE1 #4B72E1

triadic

#4BBDE1 #E14BBD #BDE14B

tetradic

#4BBDE1 #BA4BE1 #E16F4B #72E14B

square

#4BBDE1 #BA4BE1 #E16F4B #72E14B

split-complementary

#4BBDE1 #E14B72 #E1BA4B

monochromatic

#197A98 #22A4CD #4BBDE1 #7FD0EA #B4E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4BBDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#4BBDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE1

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE1	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ea',
    500: '#4bbde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde1;
$custom-light: #8ed1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74811,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE1

secondary

#E1B5A6

accent

#653AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE1

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

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