#4BA5E6#4BA5E6

#4BA5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5E6
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -6.56, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 41.11, 260.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0581 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.128 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6343, 34.1160, 79.8181)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5E6 #E68C4B

analogous

#4BE6D9 #4BA5E6 #4B58E6

triadic

#4BA5E6 #E64BA5 #A5E64B

tetradic

#4BA5E6 #D94BE6 #E68C4B #58E64B

square

#4BA5E6 #D94BE6 #E68C4B #58E64B

split-complementary

#4BA5E6 #E64B58 #E6D94B

monochromatic

#1666A0 #1E89D6 #4BA5E6 #81C0ED #B6DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4BA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#4BA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5E6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5E6	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfee',
    500: '#4ba5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5e6;
$custom-light: #8dbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69529,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5E6

secondary

#E4C2A8

accent

#8536F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5E6

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

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