#4BC4DE#4BC4DE

#4BC4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4DE
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -25.50, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 34.24, 221.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0919 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.112 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8209, 46.2457, 76.1316)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4DE #DE654B

analogous

#4BDEAE #4BC4DE #4B7ADE

triadic

#4BC4DE #DE4BC4 #C4DE4B

tetradic

#4BC4DE #AE4BDE #DE654B #7ADE4B

square

#4BC4DE #AE4BDE #DE654B #7ADE4B

split-complementary

#4BC4DE #DE4B7A #DEAE4B

monochromatic

#1B7E94 #25AAC7 #4BC4DE #7FD5E7 #B2E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4BC4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#4BC4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4DE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4DE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6e8',
    500: '#4bc4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4de;
$custom-light: #8ed6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76325,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4DE

secondary

#E0AFA5

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4DE

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

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