#4BA9CC#4BA9CC

#4BA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.102 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9CC
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -17.13, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 31.21, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.071 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.102 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9844, 34.2285, 62.2470)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9CC #CC6E4B

analogous

#4BCCAE #4BA9CC #4B69CC

triadic

#4BA9CC #CC4BA9 #A9CC4B

tetradic

#4BA9CC #AE4BCC #CC6E4B #69CC4B

square

#4BA9CC #AE4BCC #CC6E4B #69CC4B

split-complementary

#4BA9CC #CC4B69 #CCAE4B

monochromatic

#23627A #3089AA #4BA9CC #7BC0DA #AAD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4BA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4BA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9CC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9CC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.102 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2db',
    500: '#4ba9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9cc;
$custom-light: #8ac2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69247,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9CC

secondary

#D5AD9E

accent

#7149DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9CC

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

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