#4BA5C8#4BA5C8

#4BA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5C8
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -16.25, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 30.58, 237.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0683 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.099 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7780, 32.5735, 59.5085)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5C8 #C86E4B

analogous

#4BC8AD #4BA5C8 #4B67C8

triadic

#4BA5C8 #C84BA5 #A5C84B

tetradic

#4BA5C8 #AD4BC8 #C86E4B #67C84B

square

#4BA5C8 #AD4BC8 #C86E4B #67C84B

split-complementary

#4BA5C8 #C84B67 #C8AD4B

monochromatic

#245E75 #3284A4 #4BA5C8 #7ABCD6 #A9D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4BA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4BA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5C8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5C8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd8',
    500: '#4ba5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5c8;
$custom-light: #89bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68135,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5C8

secondary

#D2AC9D

accent

#744BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5C8

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

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