#4BA8BE#4BA8BE

#4BA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.093 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8BE
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -20.89, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 28.61, 223.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0754 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.093 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1948, 33.2162, 53.7361)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8BE #BE614B

analogous

#4BBE9B #4BA8BE #4B6FBE

triadic

#4BA8BE #BE4BA8 #A8BE4B

tetradic

#4BA8BE #9B4BBE #BE614B #6FBE4B

square

#4BA8BE #9B4BBE #BE614B #6FBE4B

split-complementary

#4BA8BE #BE4B6F #BE9B4B

monochromatic

#265C69 #368396 #4BA8BE #78BECE #A5D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4BA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#4BA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8BE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8BE	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)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.093 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d1',
    500: '#4ba8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8be;
$custom-light: #89c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.478,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6843,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8BE

secondary

#CCA399

accent

#6B51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8BE

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

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