#4BBDEE#4BBDEE

#4BBDEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDEE
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -16.95, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 37.74, 243.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.079 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.123 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5257, 44.0600, 87.4518)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDEE #EE7C4B

analogous

#4BEECE #4BBDEE #4B6CEE

triadic

#4BBDEE #EE4BBD #BDEE4B

tetradic

#4BBDEE #CE4BEE #EE7C4B #6CEE4B

square

#4BBDEE #CE4BEE #EE7C4B #6CEE4B

split-complementary

#4BBDEE #EE4B6C #EECE4B

monochromatic

#107FAE #16A7E6 #4BBDEE #83D2F3 #BBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4BBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#4BBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDEE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDEE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1f3',
    500: '#4bbdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdee;
$custom-light: #8fd1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.037,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7537,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDEE

secondary

#E9BEAC

accent

#4806DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDEE

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

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