#4BA8E1#4BA8E1

#4BA8E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BA8E1
RGBrgb(75, 168, 225)
HSLhsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, -9.87, -36.83)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 38.13, 255.00°)
OKLaboklab(69.97% -0.0627 -0.1036)
OKLCHoklch(69.97% 0.121 238.8)
XYZxyz(30.4896, 34.9341, 76.3557)
Luminance0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BA8E1 #E1844B
analogous
#4BE1CF #4BA8E1 #4B5DE1
triadic
#4BA8E1 #E14BA8 #A8E14B
tetradic
#4BA8E1 #CF4BE1 #E1844B #5DE14B
square
#4BA8E1 #CF4BE1 #E1844B #5DE14B
split-complementary
#4BA8E1 #E14B5D #E1CF4B
monochromatic
#196898 #228CCD #4BA8E1 #7FC1EA #B4DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#4BA8E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#4BA8E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8E1
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BA8E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BA8E11.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA8E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7999E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ba8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 238.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1ea',
    500: '#4ba8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ba8e1;
$custom-light: #8dc1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ba8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BA8E1
secondary
#E1BDA6
accent
#7E3AEE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#4BA8E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva