#4BA9BD#4BA9BD

#4BA9BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.093 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9BD
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -21.71, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 28.58, 220.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0768 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.093 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2712, 33.5433, 53.2242)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9BD #BD5F4B

analogous

#4BBD98 #4BA9BD #4B70BD

triadic

#4BA9BD #BD4BA9 #A9BD4B

tetradic

#4BA9BD #984BBD #BD5F4B #70BD4B

square

#4BA9BD #984BBD #BD5F4B #70BD4B

split-complementary

#4BA9BD #BD4B70 #BD984B

monochromatic

#265C68 #368494 #4BA9BD #78BECD #A5D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4BA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4BA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9BD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9BD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.093 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d0',
    500: '#4ba9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9bd;
$custom-light: #89c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6863,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9BD

secondary

#CBA299

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9BD

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

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