#4BA8CF#4BA8CF

#4BA8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8CF
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -15.65, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 32.10, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0689 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.104 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1623, 34.0032, 64.0985)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8CF #CF724B

analogous

#4BCFB4 #4BA8CF #4B66CF

triadic

#4BA8CF #CF4BA8 #A8CF4B

tetradic

#4BA8CF #B44BCF #CF724B #66CF4B

square

#4BA8CF #B44BCF #CF724B #66CF4B

split-complementary

#4BA8CF #CF4B66 #CFB44B

monochromatic

#22637E #2E89AE #4BA8CF #7BBFDC #ACD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4BA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4BA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8CF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8CF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1dd',
    500: '#4ba8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8cf;
$custom-light: #8ac1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69142,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8CF

secondary

#D6B09F

accent

#7447E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8CF

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

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