#4BC5E8#4BC5E8

#4BC5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5E8
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -22.96, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 35.65, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.089 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.117 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4274, 47.2504, 83.4760)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5E8 #E86E4B

analogous

#4BE8BD #4BC5E8 #4B76E8

triadic

#4BC5E8 #E84BC5 #C5E84B

tetradic

#4BC5E8 #BD4BE8 #E86E4B #76E84B

square

#4BC5E8 #BD4BE8 #E86E4B #76E84B

split-complementary

#4BC5E8 #E84B76 #E8BD4B

monochromatic

#1584A4 #1CB0DA #4BC5E8 #81D6EF #B8E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4BC5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#4BC5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5E8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5E8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ef',
    500: '#4bc5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5e8;
$custom-light: #8fd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.376,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7696,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5E8

secondary

#E6B7A9

accent

#3A0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5E8

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

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