#4BA8CE#4BA8CE

#4BA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8CE
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -15.97, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 31.83, 239.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0693 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.104 228)
XYZ	xyz(28.0405, 33.9544, 63.4567)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8CE #CE714B

analogous

#4BCEB3 #4BA8CE #4B66CE

triadic

#4BA8CE #CE4BA8 #A8CE4B

tetradic

#4BA8CE #B34BCE #CE714B #66CE4B

square

#4BA8CE #B34BCE #CE714B #66CE4B

split-complementary

#4BA8CE #CE4B66 #CEB34B

monochromatic

#22627D #2F88AD #4BA8CE #7BBFDB #ABD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4BA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4BA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8CE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8CE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4ba8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8ce;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.33957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8CE

secondary

#D6AF9F

accent

#7447E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8CE

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

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