#4BA9BC#4BA9BC

#4BA9BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.092 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9BC
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -22.01, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 28.48, 219.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0772 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.092 213)
XYZ	xyz(26.1630, 33.5000, 52.6545)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9BC #BC5E4B

analogous

#4BBC96 #4BA9BC #4B71BC

triadic

#4BA9BC #BC4BA9 #A9BC4B

tetradic

#4BA9BC #964BBC #BC5E4B #71BC4B

square

#4BA9BC #964BBC #BC5E4B #71BC4B

split-complementary

#4BA9BC #BC4B71 #BC964B

monochromatic

#265C66 #378493 #4BA9BC #78BECD #A4D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4BA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#4BA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9BC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9BC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.092 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d0',
    500: '#4ba9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9bc;
$custom-light: #88c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.33503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9BC

secondary

#CAA199

accent

#6852D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9BC

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

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