#4BBDEB#4BBDEB

#4BBDEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDEB
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -17.90, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 36.91, 240.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0801 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.121 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0886, 43.8852, 85.1499)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDEB #EB794B

analogous

#4BEBC9 #4BBDEB #4B6DEB

triadic

#4BBDEB #EB4BBD #BDEB4B

tetradic

#4BBDEB #C94BEB #EB794B #6DEB4B

square

#4BBDEB #C94BEB #EB794B #6DEB4B

split-complementary

#4BBDEB #EB4B6D #EBC94B

monochromatic

#137EA9 #19A7E0 #4BBDEB #82D1F1 #B9E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#4BBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#4BBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDEB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDEB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1f1',
    500: '#4bbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdeb;
$custom-light: #8fd1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDEB

secondary

#E7BCAB

accent

#4609DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDEB

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

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