#4BA9CF#4BA9CF

#4BA9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9CF
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -16.19, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 31.97, 239.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0699 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.104 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3477, 34.3738, 64.1603)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9CF #CF714B

analogous

#4BCFB3 #4BA9CF #4B67CF

triadic

#4BA9CF #CF4BA9 #A9CF4B

tetradic

#4BA9CF #B34BCF #CF714B #67CF4B

square

#4BA9CF #B34BCF #CF714B #67CF4B

split-complementary

#4BA9CF #CF4B67 #CFB34B

monochromatic

#22637E #2E8AAE #4BA9CF #7BC0DC #ACD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4BA9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4BA9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9CF

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9CF	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4ba9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9cf;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69376,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9CF

secondary

#D6AF9F

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9CF

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

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