#4BA4DD#4BA4DD

#4BA4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4DD
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -8.97, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 37.77, 256.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.06 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.119 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2232, 33.2642, 73.2731)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4DD #DD844B

analogous

#4BDDCD #4BA4DD #4B5BDD

triadic

#4BA4DD #DD4BA4 #A4DD4B

tetradic

#4BA4DD #CD4BDD #DD844B #5BDD4B

square

#4BA4DD #CD4BDD #DD844B #5BDD4B

split-complementary

#4BA4DD #DD4B5B #DDCD4B

monochromatic

#1C6492 #2587C5 #4BA4DD #7EBEE7 #B2D8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4BA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#4BA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4DD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4DD	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbee7',
    500: '#4ba4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4dd;
$custom-light: #8cbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.425,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68861,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4DD

secondary

#DFBCA5

accent

#813DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4DD

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

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