#4BCBE9#4BCBE9

#4BCBE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCBE9
RGB	rgb(75, 203, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -25.66, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 35.90, 224.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0946 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.118 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9594, 50.0865, 84.6894)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCBE9 #E9694B

analogous

#4BE9B8 #4BCBE9 #4B7CE9

triadic

#4BCBE9 #E94BCB #CBE94B

tetradic

#4BCBE9 #B84BE9 #E9694B #7CE94B

square

#4BCBE9 #B84BE9 #E9694B #7CE94B

split-complementary

#4BCBE9 #E94B7C #E9B84B

monochromatic

#148AA5 #1BB7DC #4BCBE9 #82DBF0 #B8EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#4BCBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#4BCBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCBE9

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCBE9	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 203, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbf0',
    500: '#4bcbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcbe9;
$custom-light: #90dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78395,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCBE9

secondary

#A74731

accent

#320BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCBE9

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

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