#4BC4E0#4BC4E0

#4BC4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4E0
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -24.89, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 34.46, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0911 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.113 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0905, 46.3535, 77.5516)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4E0 #E0674B

analogous

#4BE0B1 #4BC4E0 #4B79E0

triadic

#4BC4E0 #E04BC4 #C4E04B

tetradic

#4BC4E0 #B14BE0 #E0674B #79E04B

square

#4BC4E0 #B14BE0 #E0674B #79E04B

split-complementary

#4BC4E0 #E04B79 #E0B14B

monochromatic

#1A7F97 #23ABCB #4BC4E0 #7FD5E9 #B3E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4BC4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4E0

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4E0	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6e9',
    500: '#4bc4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4e0;
$custom-light: #8ed6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4E0

secondary

#E1B1A6

accent

#5C3AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4E0

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

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