#4BC4E1#4BC4E1

#4BC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4E1
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -24.59, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 34.58, 224.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0907 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.113 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2266, 46.4079, 78.2680)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4E1 #E1684B

analogous

#4BE1B3 #4BC4E1 #4B79E1

triadic

#4BC4E1 #E14BC4 #C4E14B

tetradic

#4BC4E1 #B34BE1 #E1684B #79E14B

square

#4BC4E1 #B34BE1 #E1684B #79E14B

split-complementary

#4BC4E1 #E14B79 #E1B34B

monochromatic

#198098 #22ACCD #4BC4E1 #7FD5EA #B4E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#4BC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4E1

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4E1	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ea',
    500: '#4bc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4e1;
$custom-light: #8ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4E1

secondary

#E1B2A6

accent

#5D3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4E1

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

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