#4BCAE4#4BCAE4

#4BCAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.115 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCAE4
RGB	rgb(75, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -26.67, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 35.30, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0955 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.115 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0199, 49.3341, 80.9024)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCAE4 #E4654B

analogous

#4BE4B2 #4BCAE4 #4B7EE4

triadic

#4BCAE4 #E44BCA #CAE44B

tetradic

#4BCAE4 #B24BE4 #E4654B #7EE44B

square

#4BCAE4 #B24BE4 #E4654B #7EE44B

split-complementary

#4BCAE4 #E44B7E #E4B24B

monochromatic

#18869D #20B4D2 #4BCAE4 #80DAEC #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4BCAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#4BCAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCAE4

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCAE4	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.115 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaec',
    500: '#4bcae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcae4;
$custom-light: #8fdaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77965,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCAE4

secondary

#E3B2A8

accent

#5737F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCAE4

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

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