#4BA5CC#4BA5CC

#4BA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.103 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5CC
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -14.99, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 31.67, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0668 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.103 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2516, 32.7630, 62.0027)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5CC #CC724B

analogous

#4BCCB3 #4BA5CC #4B64CC

triadic

#4BA5CC #CC4BA5 #A5CC4B

tetradic

#4BA5CC #B34BCC #CC724B #64CC4B

square

#4BA5CC #B34BCC #CC724B #64CC4B

split-complementary

#4BA5CC #CC4B64 #CCB34B

monochromatic

#23607A #3085AA #4BA5CC #7BBDDA #AAD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4BA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4BA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5CC

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5CC	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.103 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdb',
    500: '#4ba5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5cc;
$custom-light: #8abfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68309,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5CC

secondary

#D5AF9E

accent

#7649DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5CC

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

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