#4BA4CB#4BA4CB

#4BA4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4CB
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -14.77, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 31.53, 242.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0661 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.102 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9524, 32.3558, 61.3132)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4CB #CB724B

analogous

#4BCBB2 #4BA4CB #4B64CB

triadic

#4BA4CB #CB4BA4 #A4CB4B

tetradic

#4BA4CB #B24BCB #CB724B #64CB4B

square

#4BA4CB #B24BCB #CB724B #64CB4B

split-complementary

#4BA4CB #CB4B64 #CBB24B

monochromatic

#235F79 #3184A8 #4BA4CB #7ABCD9 #AAD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4BA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4BA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4CB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4CB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdb',
    500: '#4ba4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4cb;
$custom-light: #8abfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68031,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4CB

secondary

#D4AE9E

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4CB

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

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