#4BA5CD#4BA5CD

#4BA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5CD
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -14.67, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 31.96, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0665 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.104 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3719, 32.8111, 62.6364)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5CD #CD734B

analogous

#4BCDB4 #4BA5CD #4B64CD

triadic

#4BA5CD #CD4BA5 #A5CD4B

tetradic

#4BA5CD #B44BCD #CD734B #64CD4B

square

#4BA5CD #B44BCD #CD734B #64CD4B

split-complementary

#4BA5CD #CD4B64 #CDB44B

monochromatic

#22607B #3085AB #4BA5CD #7BBDDA #ABD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4BA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4BA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5CD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5CD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdc',
    500: '#4ba5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5cd;
$custom-light: #8abfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68353,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5CD

secondary

#D5AF9F

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5CD

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

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