#4BA8D0#4BA8D0

#4BA8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8D0
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -15.34, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 32.38, 241.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0685 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.105 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2850, 34.0523, 64.7444)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8D0 #D0734B

analogous

#4BD0B5 #4BA8D0 #4B65D0

triadic

#4BA8D0 #D04BA8 #A8D04B

tetradic

#4BA8D0 #B54BD0 #D0734B #65D04B

square

#4BA8D0 #B54BD0 #D0734B #65D04B

split-complementary

#4BA8D0 #D04B65 #D0B54B

monochromatic

#21637F #2E89B0 #4BA8D0 #7CBFDD #ACD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4BA8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#4BA8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8D0

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8D0	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1de',
    500: '#4ba8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8d0;
$custom-light: #8bc1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69186,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8D0

secondary

#D7B0A0

accent

#7546E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8D0

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

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