#4BC8E4#4BC8E4

#4BC8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8E4
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -25.68, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 35.15, 223.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0935 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.115 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5537, 48.4017, 80.7470)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8E4 #E4674B

analogous

#4BE4B3 #4BC8E4 #4B7CE4

triadic

#4BC8E4 #E44BC8 #C8E44B

tetradic

#4BC8E4 #B34BE4 #E4674B #7CE44B

square

#4BC8E4 #B34BE4 #E4674B #7CE44B

split-complementary

#4BC8E4 #E44B7C #E4B34B

monochromatic

#18859D #20B2D2 #4BC8E4 #80D8EC #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#4BC8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8E4

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8E4	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ec',
    500: '#4bc8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8e4;
$custom-light: #8fd9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8E4

secondary

#E3B3A8

accent

#5937F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8E4

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

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