#4BC5DF#4BC5DF

#4BC5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5DF
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -25.69, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 34.41, 221.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0925 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.112 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1816, 46.7521, 76.9149)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5DF #DF654B

analogous

#4BDFAF #4BC5DF #4B7BDF

triadic

#4BC5DF #DF4BC5 #C5DF4B

tetradic

#4BC5DF #AF4BDF #DF654B #7BDF4B

square

#4BC5DF #AF4BDF #DF654B #7BDF4B

split-complementary

#4BC5DF #DF4B7B #DFAF4B

monochromatic

#1B8095 #24ACC9 #4BC5DF #7FD6E8 #B3E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4BC5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5DF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5DF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6e9',
    500: '#4bc5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5df;
$custom-light: #8ed6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76599,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5DF

secondary

#E0B0A6

accent

#5A3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5DF

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

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