#4BA8CA#4BA8CA

#4BA8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.100 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8CA
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -17.22, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 30.81, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0707 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.1 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5607, 33.7626, 60.9300)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8CA #CA6D4B

analogous

#4BCAAD #4BA8CA #4B69CA

triadic

#4BA8CA #CA4BA8 #A8CA4B

tetradic

#4BA8CA #AD4BCA #CA6D4B #69CA4B

square

#4BA8CA #AD4BCA #CA6D4B #69CA4B

split-complementary

#4BA8CA #CA4B69 #CAAD4B

monochromatic

#236177 #3187A7 #4BA8CA #7ABFD8 #AAD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4BA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4BA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8CA

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8CA	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.100 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2da',
    500: '#4ba8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8ca;
$custom-light: #8ac2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8CA

secondary

#D3AC9D

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8CA

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

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