#4BA6CD#4BA6CD

#4BA6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA6CD
RGB	rgb(75, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -15.21, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 31.81, 241.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0675 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.103 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5530, 33.1732, 62.6968)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA6CD #CD724B

analogous

#4BCDB3 #4BA6CD #4B65CD

triadic

#4BA6CD #CD4BA6 #A6CD4B

tetradic

#4BA6CD #B34BCD #CD724B #65CD4B

square

#4BA6CD #B34BCD #CD724B #65CD4B

split-complementary

#4BA6CD #CD4B65 #CDB34B

monochromatic

#22617B #3086AB #4BA6CD #7BBEDA #ABD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4BA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#4BA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA6CD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA6CD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0dc',
    500: '#4ba6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba6cd;
$custom-light: #8ac0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA6CD

secondary

#D5AF9F

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA6CD

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

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