#4BBDE4#4BBDE4

#4BBDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE4
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -20.10, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 35.20, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0826 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.116 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0972, 43.4886, 79.9282)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE4 #E4724B

analogous

#4BE4BF #4BBDE4 #4B71E4

triadic

#4BBDE4 #E44BBD #BDE44B

tetradic

#4BBDE4 #BF4BE4 #E4724B #71E44B

square

#4BBDE4 #BF4BE4 #E4724B #71E44B

split-complementary

#4BBDE4 #E44B71 #E4BF4B

monochromatic

#187B9D #20A5D2 #4BBDE4 #80D1EC #B5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4BBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#4BBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE4	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ec',
    500: '#4bbde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde4;
$custom-light: #8ed1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE4

secondary

#E3B7A8

accent

#6637F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE4

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

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