#4BC5ED#4BC5ED

#4BC5ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5ED
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -21.41, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 36.60, 234.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0872 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.12 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1477, 47.5385, 87.2697)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5ED #ED734B

analogous

#4BEDC4 #4BC5ED #4B74ED

triadic

#4BC5ED #ED4BC5 #C5ED4B

tetradic

#4BC5ED #C44BED #ED734B #74ED4B

square

#4BC5ED #C44BED #ED734B #74ED4B

split-complementary

#4BC5ED #ED4B74 #EDC44B

monochromatic

#1186AC #17B1E4 #4BC5ED #83D7F3 #BAE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#4BC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5ED

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5ED	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f3',
    500: '#4bc5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5ed;
$custom-light: #90d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77168,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5ED

secondary

#E8BBAB

accent

#3C07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5ED

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

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