#4BA8BB#4BA8BB

#4BA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.091 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8BB
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -21.79, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 28.28, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0766 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.091 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8703, 33.0864, 52.0270)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8BB #BB5E4B

analogous

#4BBB96 #4BA8BB #4B70BB

triadic

#4BA8BB #BB4BA8 #A8BB4B

tetradic

#4BA8BB #964BBB #BB5E4B #70BB4B

square

#4BA8BB #964BBB #BB5E4B #70BB4B

split-complementary

#4BA8BB #BB4B70 #BB964B

monochromatic

#265B65 #378292 #4BA8BB #77BDCC #A4D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4BA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#4BA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8BB

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8BB	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.091 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2cf',
    500: '#4ba8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8bb;
$custom-light: #88c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8BB

secondary

#CAA198

accent

#6953D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8BB

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

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