#4BA5C4#4BA5C4

#4BA5C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5C4
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -17.49, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 29.63, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0698 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.096 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3166, 32.3890, 57.0786)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5C4 #C46A4B

analogous

#4BC4A6 #4BA5C4 #4B68C4

triadic

#4BA5C4 #C44BA5 #A5C44B

tetradic

#4BA5C4 #A64BC4 #C46A4B #68C44B

square

#4BA5C4 #A64BC4 #C46A4B #68C44B

split-complementary

#4BA5C4 #C44B68 #C4A64B

monochromatic

#255D70 #34839E #4BA5C4 #79BCD3 #A7D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4BA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4BA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5C4

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5C4	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8295C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd6',
    500: '#4ba5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5c4;
$custom-light: #89bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5C4

secondary

#CFA99B

accent

#724EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5C4

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

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