#4BA3CD#4BA3CD

#4BA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA3CD
RGB	rgb(75, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -13.59, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 32.30, 245.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0644 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.104 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0140, 32.0953, 62.5171)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA3CD #CD754B

analogous

#4BCDB6 #4BA3CD #4B62CD

triadic

#4BA3CD #CD4BA3 #A3CD4B

tetradic

#4BA3CD #B64BCD #CD754B #62CD4B

square

#4BA3CD #B64BCD #CD754B #62CD4B

split-complementary

#4BA3CD #CD4B62 #CDB64B

monochromatic

#225F7B #3083AB #4BA3CD #7BBBDA #ABD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4BA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#4BA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA3CD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA3CD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abedc',
    500: '#4ba3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba3cd;
$custom-light: #8abedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA3CD

secondary

#D5B09F

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA3CD

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

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