#4BC8E2#4BC8E2

#4BC8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8E2
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -26.28, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 34.94, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0943 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.114 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2777, 48.2912, 79.2933)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8E2 #E2654B

analogous

#4BE2B1 #4BC8E2 #4B7DE2

triadic

#4BC8E2 #E24BC8 #C8E24B

tetradic

#4BC8E2 #B14BE2 #E2654B #7DE24B

square

#4BC8E2 #B14BE2 #E2654B #7DE24B

split-complementary

#4BC8E2 #E24B7D #E2B14B

monochromatic

#19849A #21B1CF #4BC8E2 #80D8EA #B4E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4BC8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8E2

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8E2	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9eb',
    500: '#4bc8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8e2;
$custom-light: #8fd9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77419,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8E2

secondary

#E2B1A7

accent

#5839EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8E2

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

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