#4BCDEC#4BCDEC

#4BCDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCDEC
RGB	rgb(75, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -25.75, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 36.35, 224.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0954 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.119 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8670, 51.2101, 87.1241)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCDEC #EC6A4B

analogous

#4BECBB #4BCDEC #4B7CEC

triadic

#4BCDEC #EC4BCD #CDEC4B

tetradic

#4BCDEC #BB4BEC #EC6A4B #7CEC4B

square

#4BCDEC #BB4BEC #EC6A4B #7CEC4B

split-complementary

#4BCDEC #EC4B7C #ECBB4B

monochromatic

#128DAB #18BBE2 #4BCDEC #82DCF2 #BAECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#4BCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#4BCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCDEC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCDEC	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcf2',
    500: '#4bcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcdec;
$custom-light: #90dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.553,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCDEC

secondary

#AC4730

accent

#3108DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCDEC

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

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