#4BC5F0#4BC5F0

#4BC5F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5F0
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -20.47, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 37.26, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0861 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.122 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5897, 47.7153, 89.5974)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5F0 #F0764B

analogous

#4BF0C8 #4BC5F0 #4B73F0

triadic

#4BC5F0 #F04BC5 #C5F04B

tetradic

#4BC5F0 #C84BF0 #F0764B #73F04B

square

#4BC5F0 #C84BF0 #F0764B #73F04B

split-complementary

#4BC5F0 #F04B73 #F0C84B

monochromatic

#0F87B2 #14B2EA #4BC5F0 #83D7F5 #BCE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4BC5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#4BC5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5F0

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5F0	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f5',
    500: '#4bc5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5f0;
$custom-light: #90d6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.636,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77295,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5F0

secondary

#EABDAD

accent

#3E04E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5F0

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

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