#4BA5BC#4BA5BC

#4BA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.091 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5BC
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -19.93, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 28.16, 224.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0729 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.091 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4302, 32.0344, 52.4103)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5BC #BC624B

analogous

#4BBC9B #4BA5BC #4B6DBC

triadic

#4BA5BC #BC4BA5 #A5BC4B

tetradic

#4BA5BC #9B4BBC #BC624B #6DBC4B

square

#4BA5BC #9B4BBC #BC624B #6DBC4B

split-complementary

#4BA5BC #BC4B6D #BC9B4B

monochromatic

#265966 #378093 #4BA5BC #78BBCD #A4D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4BA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4BA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5BC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5BC	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.091 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0d0',
    500: '#4ba5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5bc;
$custom-light: #88c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.212,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67634,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5BC

secondary

#CAA399

accent

#6D52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5BC

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

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