#4BA0CD#4BA0CD

#4BA0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.105 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA0CD
RGB	rgb(75, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -11.96, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 32.90, 248.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0612 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.105 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4876, 31.0426, 62.3417)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA0CD #CD784B

analogous

#4BCDB9 #4BA0CD #4B5FCD

triadic

#4BA0CD #CD4BA0 #A0CD4B

tetradic

#4BA0CD #B94BCD #CD784B #5FCD4B

square

#4BA0CD #B94BCD #CD784B #5FCD4B

split-complementary

#4BA0CD #CD4B5F #CDB94B

monochromatic

#225D7B #3080AB #4BA0CD #7BB9DA #ABD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4BA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#4BA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA0CD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA0CD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.105 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abcdc',
    500: '#4ba0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba0cd;
$custom-light: #8abcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA0CD

secondary

#D5B19F

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA0CD

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

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