#4BBDE7#4BBDE7

#4BBDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE7
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -19.16, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 35.89, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0815 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.118 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5172, 43.6567, 82.1406)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE7 #E7754B

analogous

#4BE7C3 #4BBDE7 #4B6FE7

triadic

#4BBDE7 #E74BBD #BDE74B

tetradic

#4BBDE7 #C34BE7 #E7754B #6FE74B

square

#4BBDE7 #C34BE7 #E7754B #6FE74B

split-complementary

#4BBDE7 #E74B6F #E7C34B

monochromatic

#167CA2 #1DA6D8 #4BBDE7 #81D1EE #B7E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#4BBDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE7

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE7	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ee',
    500: '#4bbde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde7;
$custom-light: #8fd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE7

secondary

#E5B9A9

accent

#6835F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE7

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

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