#4BBDE5#4BBDE5

#4BBDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE5
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -19.79, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 35.42, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0822 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.116 225)
XYZ	xyz(35.2364, 43.5443, 80.6614)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE5 #E5734B

analogous

#4BE5C0 #4BBDE5 #4B70E5

triadic

#4BBDE5 #E54BBD #BDE54B

tetradic

#4BBDE5 #C04BE5 #E5734B #70E54B

square

#4BBDE5 #C04BE5 #E5734B #70E54B

split-complementary

#4BBDE5 #E54B70 #E5C04B

monochromatic

#177B9F #1FA5D4 #4BBDE5 #80D1ED #B6E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#4BBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ed',
    500: '#4bbde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde5;
$custom-light: #8ed1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.43548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE5

secondary

#E4B8A8

accent

#6736F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE5

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

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