#4BA4BF#4BA4BF

#4BA4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.093 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4BF
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -18.50, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 28.63, 229.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0706 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.093 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5773, 31.8058, 54.0713)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4BF #BF664B

analogous

#4BBFA0 #4BA4BF #4B6ABF

triadic

#4BA4BF #BF4BA4 #A4BF4B

tetradic

#4BA4BF #A04BBF #BF664B #6ABF4B

square

#4BA4BF #A04BBF #BF664B #6ABF4B

split-complementary

#4BA4BF #BF4B6A #BFA04B

monochromatic

#265A6A #368097 #4BA4BF #78BBCF #A5D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#4BA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#4BA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4BF

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4BF	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.093 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd2',
    500: '#4ba4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4bf;
$custom-light: #88bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4BF

secondary

#CCA59A

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4BF

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

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