#4BA8CD#4BA8CD

#4BA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8CD
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -16.28, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 31.56, 238.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0696 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.103 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9194, 33.9060, 62.8189)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8CD #CD704B

analogous

#4BCDB1 #4BA8CD #4B67CD

triadic

#4BA8CD #CD4BA8 #A8CD4B

tetradic

#4BA8CD #B14BCD #CD704B #67CD4B

square

#4BA8CD #B14BCD #CD704B #67CD4B

split-complementary

#4BA8CD #CD4B67 #CDB14B

monochromatic

#22627B #3088AB #4BA8CD #7BBFDA #ABD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4BA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4BA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8CD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8CD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dc',
    500: '#4ba8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8cd;
$custom-light: #8ac2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69055,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8CD

secondary

#D5AE9F

accent

#7348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8CD

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

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