#4BA4CC#4BA4CC

#4BA4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4CC
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -14.45, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 31.82, 242.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0658 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.103 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0719, 32.4036, 61.9428)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4CC #CC734B

analogous

#4BCCB4 #4BA4CC #4B63CC

triadic

#4BA4CC #CC4BA4 #A4CC4B

tetradic

#4BA4CC #B44BCC #CC734B #63CC4B

square

#4BA4CC #B44BCC #CC734B #63CC4B

split-complementary

#4BA4CC #CC4B63 #CCB44B

monochromatic

#235F7A #3084AA #4BA4CC #7BBCDA #AAD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4BA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4BA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4CC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4CC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdb',
    500: '#4ba4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4cc;
$custom-light: #8abfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4CC

secondary

#D5AF9E

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4CC

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

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