#4BBDE6#4BBDE6

#4BBDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE6
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -19.48, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 35.65, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0819 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.117 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3764, 43.6003, 81.3989)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE6 #E6744B

analogous

#4BE6C2 #4BBDE6 #4B70E6

triadic

#4BBDE6 #E64BBD #BDE64B

tetradic

#4BBDE6 #C24BE6 #E6744B #70E64B

square

#4BBDE6 #C24BE6 #E6744B #70E64B

split-complementary

#4BBDE6 #E64B70 #E6C24B

monochromatic

#167CA0 #1EA5D6 #4BBDE6 #81D1ED #B6E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#4BBDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE6

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE6	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1ee',
    500: '#4bbde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde6;
$custom-light: #8ed1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE6

secondary

#E4B8A8

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE6

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

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