#4BA5E0#4BA5E0

#4BA5E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5E0
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 224)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -8.54, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 38.65, 257.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.06 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.122 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8062, 33.7848, 75.4568)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5E0 #E0864B

analogous

#4BE0D0 #4BA5E0 #4B5AE0

triadic

#4BA5E0 #E04BA5 #A5E04B

tetradic

#4BA5E0 #D04BE0 #E0864B #5AE04B

square

#4BA5E0 #D04BE0 #E0864B #5AE04B

split-complementary

#4BA5E0 #E04B5A #E0D04B

monochromatic

#1A6597 #2388CB #4BA5E0 #7FBFE9 #B3D9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4BA5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#4BA5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5E0

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5E0	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfea',
    500: '#4ba5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5e0;
$custom-light: #8cbfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.758,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69234,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5E0

secondary

#E1BDA6

accent

#813AED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5E0

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

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