#4BA8EC#4BA8EC

#4BA8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8EC
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -6.24, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 42.58, 261.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0592 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.133 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0388, 35.5538, 84.5147)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8EC #EC8F4B

analogous

#4BECE0 #4BA8EC #4B57EC

triadic

#4BA8EC #EC4BA8 #A8EC4B

tetradic

#4BA8EC #E04BEC #EC8F4B #57EC4B

square

#4BA8EC #E04BEC #EC8F4B #57EC4B

split-complementary

#4BA8EC #EC4B57 #ECE04B

monochromatic

#126AAB #188DE2 #4BA8EC #82C3F2 #BADEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4BA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4BA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8EC

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8EC	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1f2',
    500: '#4ba8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8ec;
$custom-light: #8ec1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.342,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8EC

secondary

#E8C5AB

accent

#6208DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8EC

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

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