#4BC4E5#4BC4E5

#4BC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4E5
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -23.37, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 35.15, 228.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0892 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.115 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7786, 46.6288, 81.1755)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4E5 #E56C4B

analogous

#4BE5B9 #4BC4E5 #4B77E5

triadic

#4BC4E5 #E54BC4 #C4E54B

tetradic

#4BC4E5 #B94BE5 #E56C4B #77E54B

square

#4BC4E5 #B94BE5 #E56C4B #77E54B

split-complementary

#4BC4E5 #E54B77 #E5B94B

monochromatic

#17829F #1FADD4 #4BC4E5 #80D6ED #B6E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#4BC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4E5

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4E5	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ed',
    500: '#4bc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4e5;
$custom-light: #8fd6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4E5

secondary

#E4B5A8

accent

#5E36F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →