#4BA4BD#4BA4BD

#4BA4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.092 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4BD
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -19.10, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 28.28, 227.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0714 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.092 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3587, 31.7184, 52.9201)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4BD #BD644B

analogous

#4BBD9D #4BA4BD #4B6BBD

triadic

#4BA4BD #BD4BA4 #A4BD4B

tetradic

#4BA4BD #9D4BBD #BD644B #6BBD4B

square

#4BA4BD #9D4BBD #BD644B #6BBD4B

split-complementary

#4BA4BD #BD4B6B #BD9D4B

monochromatic

#265968 #368094 #4BA4BD #78BBCD #A5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4BA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4BA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4BD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4BD	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)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.092 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd1',
    500: '#4ba4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4bd;
$custom-light: #88bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67436,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4BD

secondary

#CBA499

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4BD

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

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