#4BCAE8#4BCAE8

#4BCAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCAE8
RGB	rgb(75, 202, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -25.47, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 35.73, 224.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.094 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.117 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5816, 49.5588, 83.8607)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCAE8 #E8694B

analogous

#4BE8B7 #4BCAE8 #4B7BE8

triadic

#4BCAE8 #E84BCA #CAE84B

tetradic

#4BCAE8 #B74BE8 #E8694B #7BE84B

square

#4BCAE8 #B74BE8 #E8694B #7BE84B

split-complementary

#4BCAE8 #E84B7B #E8B74B

monochromatic

#1588A4 #1CB6DA #4BCAE8 #81DAEF #B8EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#4BCAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#4BCAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCAE8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCAE8	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 202, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90daef',
    500: '#4bcae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcae8;
$custom-light: #90daef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCAE8

secondary

#E6B5A9

accent

#330CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCAE8

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

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