#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
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 231)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -25.27, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 35.56, 224.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0934 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.117 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2061, 49.0344, 83.0368)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4BC9E7	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4BC9E7

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

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