#4BC5EE#4BC5EE

#4BC5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5EE
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -21.10, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 36.82, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0868 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.121 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2942, 47.5971, 88.0413)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5EE #EE744B

analogous

#4BEEC6 #4BC5EE #4B74EE

triadic

#4BC5EE #EE4BC5 #C5EE4B

tetradic

#4BC5EE #C64BEE #EE744B #74EE4B

square

#4BC5EE #C64BEE #EE744B #74EE4B

split-complementary

#4BC5EE #EE4B74 #EEC64B

monochromatic

#1086AE #16B2E6 #4BC5EE #83D7F3 #BBE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#4BC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5EE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5EE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f3',
    500: '#4bc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5ee;
$custom-light: #90d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.092,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5EE

secondary

#E9BBAC

accent

#3D06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5EE

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

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