#4BA4BC#4BA4BC

#4BA4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4BC
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -19.41, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 28.12, 226.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0718 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.091 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2506, 31.6751, 52.3504)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4BC #BC634B

analogous

#4BBC9C #4BA4BC #4B6CBC

triadic

#4BA4BC #BC4BA4 #A4BC4B

tetradic

#4BA4BC #9C4BBC #BC634B #6CBC4B

square

#4BA4BC #9C4BBC #BC634B #6CBC4B

split-complementary

#4BA4BC #BC4B6C #BC9C4B

monochromatic

#265966 #377F93 #4BA4BC #78BBCD #A4D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4BA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4BA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4BC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4BC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd0',
    500: '#4ba4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4bc;
$custom-light: #88bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67395,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4BC

secondary

#CAA399

accent

#6E52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4BC

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

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