#4BA3BD#4BA3BD

#4BA3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.092 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA3BD
RGB	rgb(75, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -18.58, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 28.27, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0703 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.092 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1805, 31.3619, 52.8607)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA3BD #BD654B

analogous

#4BBD9E #4BA3BD #4B6ABD

triadic

#4BA3BD #BD4BA3 #A3BD4B

tetradic

#4BA3BD #9E4BBD #BD654B #6ABD4B

square

#4BA3BD #9E4BBD #BD654B #6ABD4B

split-complementary

#4BA3BD #BD4B6A #BD9E4B

monochromatic

#265968 #367F94 #4BA3BD #78BACD #A5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#4BA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#4BA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA3BD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA3BD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.092 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bed1',
    500: '#4ba3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba3bd;
$custom-light: #88bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA3BD

secondary

#CBA499

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA3BD

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

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