#4BA5BE#4BA5BE

#4BA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.093 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5BE
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -19.33, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 28.47, 227.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0721 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.093 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6473, 32.1213, 53.5536)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5BE #BE644B

analogous

#4BBE9D #4BA5BE #4B6CBE

triadic

#4BA5BE #BE4BA5 #A5BE4B

tetradic

#4BA5BE #9D4BBE #BE644B #6CBE4B

square

#4BA5BE #9D4BBE #BE644B #6CBE4B

split-complementary

#4BA5BE #BE4B6C #BE9D4B

monochromatic

#265A69 #368196 #4BA5BE #78BBCE #A5D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4BA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#4BA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5BE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5BE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.093 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd1',
    500: '#4ba5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5be;
$custom-light: #88bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67715,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5BE

secondary

#CCA499

accent

#6E51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5BE

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

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