#4BA4BE#4BA4BE

#4BA4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.093 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4BE
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -18.80, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 28.45, 228.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.071 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.093 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4677, 31.7619, 53.4937)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4BE #BE654B

analogous

#4BBE9F #4BA4BE #4B6BBE

triadic

#4BA4BE #BE4BA4 #A4BE4B

tetradic

#4BA4BE #9F4BBE #BE654B #6BBE4B

square

#4BA4BE #9F4BBE #BE654B #6BBE4B

split-complementary

#4BA4BE #BE4B6B #BE9F4B

monochromatic

#265A69 #368096 #4BA4BE #78BBCE #A5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4BA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#4BA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4BE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4BE	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.093 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd1',
    500: '#4ba4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4be;
$custom-light: #88bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4BE

secondary

#CCA599

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4BE

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

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