#4BA9CE#4BA9CE

#4BA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9CE
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -16.50, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 31.71, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0703 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.103 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2258, 34.3251, 63.5184)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9CE #CE704B

analogous

#4BCEB2 #4BA9CE #4B67CE

triadic

#4BA9CE #CE4BA9 #A9CE4B

tetradic

#4BA9CE #B24BCE #CE704B #67CE4B

square

#4BA9CE #B24BCE #CE704B #67CE4B

split-complementary

#4BA9CE #CE4B67 #CEB24B

monochromatic

#22637D #2F89AD #4BA9CE #7BC0DB #ABD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4BA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#4BA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9CE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9CE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4ba9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9ce;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9CE

secondary

#D6AE9F

accent

#7347E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9CE

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

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