#4BA4CE#4BA4CE

#4BA4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4CE
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -13.82, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 32.43, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0651 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.105 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3133, 32.5002, 63.2143)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4CE #CE754B

analogous

#4BCEB7 #4BA4CE #4B62CE

triadic

#4BA4CE #CE4BA4 #A4CE4B

tetradic

#4BA4CE #B74BCE #CE754B #62CE4B

square

#4BA4CE #B74BCE #CE754B #62CE4B

split-complementary

#4BA4CE #CE4B62 #CEB74B

monochromatic

#22607D #2F84AD #4BA4CE #7BBCDB #ABD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4BA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#4BA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4CE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4CE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdd',
    500: '#4ba4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4ce;
$custom-light: #8abfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4CE

secondary

#D6B19F

accent

#7847E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4CE

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

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