#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
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -25.08, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 35.39, 224.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0928 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.116 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8329, 48.5134, 82.2177)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4BC8E6	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4BC8E6

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

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