#4BC5E1#4BC5E1

#4BC5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5E1
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -25.09, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 34.63, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0917 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.113 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4529, 46.8606, 78.3434)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5E1 #E1674B

analogous

#4BE1B2 #4BC5E1 #4B7AE1

triadic

#4BC5E1 #E14BC5 #C5E14B

tetradic

#4BC5E1 #B24BE1 #E1674B #7AE14B

square

#4BC5E1 #B24BE1 #E1674B #7AE14B

split-complementary

#4BC5E1 #E14B7A #E1B24B

monochromatic

#198198 #22ADCD #4BC5E1 #7FD6EA #B4E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4BC5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#4BC5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5E1

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5E1	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ea',
    500: '#4bc5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5e1;
$custom-light: #8ed6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5E1

secondary

#E1B1A6

accent

#5B3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5E1

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

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