#4BBDE8#4BBDE8

#4BBDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDE8
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -18.85, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 36.13, 238.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0811 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.118 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6589, 43.7133, 82.8865)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDE8 #E8764B

analogous

#4BE8C4 #4BBDE8 #4B6EE8

triadic

#4BBDE8 #E84BBD #BDE84B

tetradic

#4BBDE8 #C44BE8 #E8764B #6EE84B

square

#4BBDE8 #C44BE8 #E8764B #6EE84B

split-complementary

#4BBDE8 #E84B6E #E8C44B

monochromatic

#157DA4 #1CA6DA #4BBDE8 #81D1EF #B8E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4BBDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#4BBDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDE8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDE8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ef',
    500: '#4bbde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbde8;
$custom-light: #8fd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDE8

secondary

#E6BAA9

accent

#440CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDE8

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

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