#4BC5E6#4BC5E6

#4BC5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5E6
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -23.57, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 35.32, 228.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0898 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.116 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1449, 47.1374, 81.9884)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5E6 #E66C4B

analogous

#4BE6B9 #4BC5E6 #4B78E6

triadic

#4BC5E6 #E64BC5 #C5E64B

tetradic

#4BC5E6 #B94BE6 #E66C4B #78E64B

square

#4BC5E6 #B94BE6 #E66C4B #78E64B

split-complementary

#4BC5E6 #E64B78 #E6B94B

monochromatic

#1683A0 #1EAFD6 #4BC5E6 #81D6ED #B6E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4BC5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#4BC5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5E6

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5E6	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ee',
    500: '#4bc5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5e6;
$custom-light: #8fd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.774,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5E6

secondary

#E4B5A8

accent

#5E36F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5E6

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

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