#4BA6CE#4BA6CE

#4BA6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA6CE
RGB	rgb(75, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -14.90, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 32.10, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0671 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.104 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6741, 33.2217, 63.3345)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA6CE #CE734B

analogous

#4BCEB5 #4BA6CE #4B64CE

triadic

#4BA6CE #CE4BA6 #A6CE4B

tetradic

#4BA6CE #B54BCE #CE734B #64CE4B

square

#4BA6CE #B54BCE #CE734B #64CE4B

split-complementary

#4BA6CE #CE4B64 #CEB54B

monochromatic

#22617D #2F86AD #4BA6CE #7BBEDB #ABD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4BA6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#4BA6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA6CE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA6CE	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0dd',
    500: '#4ba6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba6ce;
$custom-light: #8ac0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68631,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA6CE

secondary

#D6B09F

accent

#7647E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA6CE

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

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