#4BC5E0#4BC5E0

#4BC5E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5E0
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -25.39, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 34.52, 222.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0921 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.113 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3169, 46.8062, 77.6271)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5E0 #E0664B

analogous

#4BE0B0 #4BC5E0 #4B7AE0

triadic

#4BC5E0 #E04BC5 #C5E04B

tetradic

#4BC5E0 #B04BE0 #E0664B #7AE04B

square

#4BC5E0 #B04BE0 #E0664B #7AE04B

split-complementary

#4BC5E0 #E04B7A #E0B04B

monochromatic

#1A8097 #23ACCB #4BC5E0 #7FD6E9 #B3E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#4BC5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5E0

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5E0	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6e9',
    500: '#4bc5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5e0;
$custom-light: #8ed6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5E0

secondary

#E1B1A6

accent

#5B3AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5E0

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

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