#4BA9E1#4BA9E1

#4BA9E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA9E1
RGB	rgb(75, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -10.42, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 37.84, 254.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0637 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.121 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6750, 35.3048, 76.4174)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA9E1 #E1834B

analogous

#4BE1CE #4BA9E1 #4B5EE1

triadic

#4BA9E1 #E14BA9 #A9E14B

tetradic

#4BA9E1 #CE4BE1 #E1834B #5EE14B

square

#4BA9E1 #CE4BE1 #E1834B #5EE14B

split-complementary

#4BA9E1 #E14B5E #E1CE4B

monochromatic

#196998 #228DCD #4BA9E1 #7FC2EA #B4DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4BA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#4BA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA9E1

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA9E1	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2ea',
    500: '#4ba9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba9e1;
$custom-light: #8dc2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA9E1

secondary

#E1BCA6

accent

#7D3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA9E1

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

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