#4BC8E1#4BC8E1

#4BC8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8E1
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -26.58, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 34.85, 220.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0947 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.114 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1408, 48.2365, 78.5727)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8E1 #E1644B

analogous

#4BE1AF #4BC8E1 #4B7DE1

triadic

#4BC8E1 #E14BC8 #C8E14B

tetradic

#4BC8E1 #AF4BE1 #E1644B #7DE14B

square

#4BC8E1 #AF4BE1 #E1644B #7DE14B

split-complementary

#4BC8E1 #E14B7D #E1AF4B

monochromatic

#198398 #22B0CD #4BC8E1 #7FD8EA #B4E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#4BC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8E1

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8E1	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ea',
    500: '#4bc8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8e1;
$custom-light: #8fd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8E1

secondary

#E1B0A6

accent

#583AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8E1

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

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