#4BA4E2#4BA4E2

#4BA4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA4E2
RGB	rgb(75, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -7.33, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 39.79, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0584 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.125 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8993, 33.5346, 76.8338)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA4E2 #E2894B

analogous

#4BE2D5 #4BA4E2 #4B59E2

triadic

#4BA4E2 #E24BA4 #A4E24B

tetradic

#4BA4E2 #D54BE2 #E2894B #59E24B

square

#4BA4E2 #D54BE2 #E2894B #59E24B

split-complementary

#4BA4E2 #E24B59 #E2D54B

monochromatic

#19659A #2187CF #4BA4E2 #80BFEA #B4D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4BA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4BA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA4E2

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA4E2	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbeeb',
    500: '#4ba4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba4e2;
$custom-light: #8dbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.636,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA4E2

secondary

#E2BFA7

accent

#8439EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA4E2

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

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