#4BC8E6#4BC8E6

#4BC8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BC8E6
RGBrgb(75, 200, 230)
HSLhsl(192, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(192, 67%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.15, -25.08, -24.97)
CIE-LCHlch(75.15, 35.39, 224.88°)
OKLaboklab(77.58% -0.0928 -0.0696)
OKLCHoklch(77.58% 0.116 216.9)
XYZxyz(37.8329, 48.5134, 82.2177)
Luminance0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BC8E6 #E6694B
analogous
#4BE6B7 #4BC8E6 #4B7AE6
triadic
#4BC8E6 #E64BC8 #C8E64B
tetradic
#4BC8E6 #B74BE6 #E6694B #7AE64B
square
#4BC8E6 #B74BE6 #E6694B #7AE64B
split-complementary
#4BC8E6 #E64B7A #E6B74B
monochromatic
#1686A0 #1EB2D6 #4BC8E6 #81D8ED #B6E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#4BC8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70
#4BC8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8E6
10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BC8E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BC8E61.001.9610.7010.70
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7021.001.001.00
##00000010.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C2E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB2E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bc8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 216.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ee',
    500: '#4bc8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bc8e6;
$custom-light: #8fd9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bc8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77577,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BC8E6
secondary
#E4B4A8
accent
#5A36F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#4BC8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva