#4BC4E6#4BC4E6

#4BC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4E6
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -23.06, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 35.32, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0888 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.116 220)
XYZ	xyz(36.9186, 46.6848, 81.9129)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4E6 #E66D4B

analogous

#4BE6BA #4BC4E6 #4B77E6

triadic

#4BC4E6 #E64BC4 #C4E64B

tetradic

#4BC4E6 #BA4BE6 #E66D4B #77E64B

square

#4BC4E6 #BA4BE6 #E66D4B #77E64B

split-complementary

#4BC4E6 #E64B77 #E6BA4B

monochromatic

#1682A0 #1EAED6 #4BC4E6 #81D6ED #B6E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#4BC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4E6

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4E6	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ee',
    500: '#4bc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4e6;
$custom-light: #8fd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76646,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.46689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4E6

secondary

#E4B6A8

accent

#5F36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4E6

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

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