#4BA8BC#4BA8BC

#4BA8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8BC
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -21.49, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 28.38, 220.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0762 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.092 214)
XYZ	xyz(25.9777, 33.1293, 52.5928)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8BC #BC5F4B

analogous

#4BBC97 #4BA8BC #4B70BC

triadic

#4BA8BC #BC4BA8 #A8BC4B

tetradic

#4BA8BC #974BBC #BC5F4B #70BC4B

square

#4BA8BC #974BBC #BC5F4B #70BC4B

split-complementary

#4BA8BC #BC4B70 #BC974B

monochromatic

#265B66 #378393 #4BA8BC #78BECD #A4D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4BA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4BA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8BC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8BC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d0',
    500: '#4ba8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8bc;
$custom-light: #88c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.33132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8BC

secondary

#CAA199

accent

#6A52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8BC

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

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