#4BA1BC#4BA1BC

#4BA1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.091 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA1BC
RGB	rgb(75, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -17.83, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 28.09, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0685 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.091 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7200, 30.6140, 52.1735)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA1BC #BC664B

analogous

#4BBC9F #4BA1BC #4B69BC

triadic

#4BA1BC #BC4BA1 #A1BC4B

tetradic

#4BA1BC #9F4BBC #BC664B #69BC4B

square

#4BA1BC #9F4BBC #BC664B #69BC4B

split-complementary

#4BA1BC #BC4B69 #BC9F4B

monochromatic

#265766 #377D93 #4BA1BC #78B8CD #A4D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4BA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4BA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA1BC

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA1BC	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.091 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd0',
    500: '#4ba1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba1bc;
$custom-light: #88bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6668,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA1BC

secondary

#CAA499

accent

#7252D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA1BC

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

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