#4BC9E7#4BC9E7

#4BC9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BC9E7
RGBrgb(75, 201, 231)
HSLhsl(192, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(192, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.47, -25.27, -25.01)
CIE-LCHlch(75.47, 35.56, 224.71°)
OKLaboklab(77.85% -0.0934 -0.0697)
OKLCHoklch(77.85% 0.117 216.7)
XYZxyz(38.2061, 49.0344, 83.0368)
Luminance0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BC9E7 #E7694B
analogous
#4BE7B7 #4BC9E7 #4B7BE7
triadic
#4BC9E7 #E74BC9 #C9E74B
tetradic
#4BC9E7 #B74BE7 #E7694B #7BE74B
square
#4BC9E7 #B74BE7 #E7694B #7BE74B
split-complementary
#4BC9E7 #E74B7B #E7B74B
monochromatic
#1687A2 #1DB4D8 #4BC9E7 #81D9EE #B7E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#4BC9E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81
#4BC9E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9E7
10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BC9E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BC9E71.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5C3E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB3E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bc9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 216.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ee',
    500: '#4bc9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bc9e7;
$custom-light: #8fd9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bc9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7785,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BC9E7
secondary
#E5B4A9
accent
#5935F3
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#4BC9E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva