#4BA4C8#4BA4C8

#4BA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4C8
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -15.71, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 30.69, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0672 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.1 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5983, 32.2142, 59.4486)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4C8 #C86F4B

analogous

#4BC8AE #4BA4C8 #4B66C8

triadic

#4BA4C8 #C84BA4 #A4C84B

tetradic

#4BA4C8 #AE4BC8 #C86F4B #66C84B

square

#4BA4C8 #AE4BC8 #C86F4B #66C84B

split-complementary

#4BA4C8 #C84B66 #C8AE4B

monochromatic

#245E75 #3283A4 #4BA4C8 #7ABCD6 #A9D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4BA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4BA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4C8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4C8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd8',
    500: '#4ba4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4c8;
$custom-light: #89bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.679,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4C8

secondary

#D2AC9D

accent

#754BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4C8

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

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