#4BA5CE#4BA5CE

#4BA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5CE
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -14.36, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 32.26, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0661 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.104 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4930, 32.8595, 63.2742)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5CE #CE744B

analogous

#4BCEB6 #4BA5CE #4B63CE

triadic

#4BA5CE #CE4BA5 #A5CE4B

tetradic

#4BA5CE #B64BCE #CE744B #63CE4B

square

#4BA5CE #B64BCE #CE744B #63CE4B

split-complementary

#4BA5CE #CE4B63 #CEB64B

monochromatic

#22607D #2F85AD #4BA5CE #7BBDDB #ABD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4BA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#4BA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5CE

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5CE	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdd',
    500: '#4ba5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5ce;
$custom-light: #8abfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5CE

secondary

#D6B09F

accent

#7747E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5CE

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

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