#4BA5E4#4BA5E4

#4BA5E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5E4
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -7.22, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 40.28, 259.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0587 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.126 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3550, 34.0043, 78.3475)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5E4 #E48A4B

analogous

#4BE4D7 #4BA5E4 #4B59E4

triadic

#4BA5E4 #E44BA5 #A5E44B

tetradic

#4BA5E4 #D74BE4 #E48A4B #59E44B

square

#4BA5E4 #D74BE4 #E48A4B #59E44B

split-complementary

#4BA5E4 #E44B59 #E4D74B

monochromatic

#18669D #2089D2 #4BA5E4 #80C0EC #B5DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4BA5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4BA5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5E4

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5E4	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfec',
    500: '#4ba5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5e4;
$custom-light: #8dbfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5E4

secondary

#E3C0A8

accent

#8437F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5E4

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

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