#4BCBE5#4BCBE5

#4BCBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCBE5
RGB	rgb(75, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -26.87, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 35.47, 220.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0961 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.116 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3945, 49.8606, 81.7141)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCBE5 #E5654B

analogous

#4BE5B2 #4BCBE5 #4B7EE5

triadic

#4BCBE5 #E54BCB #CBE54B

tetradic

#4BCBE5 #B24BE5 #E5654B #7EE54B

square

#4BCBE5 #B24BE5 #E5654B #7EE54B

split-complementary

#4BCBE5 #E54B7E #E5B24B

monochromatic

#17889F #1FB6D4 #4BCBE5 #80DAED #B6EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#4BCBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#4BCBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCBE5

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCBE5	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbed',
    500: '#4bcbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcbe5;
$custom-light: #8fdbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78238,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCBE5

secondary

#E4B2A8

accent

#5636F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCBE5

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

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