#4BAACC#4BAACC

#4BAACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.102 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAACC
RGB	rgb(75, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -17.66, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 31.13, 235.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0721 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.102 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1711, 34.6020, 62.3092)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAACC #CC6D4B

analogous

#4BCCAE #4BAACC #4B6ACC

triadic

#4BAACC #CC4BAA #AACC4B

tetradic

#4BAACC #AE4BCC #CC6D4B #6ACC4B

square

#4BAACC #AE4BCC #CC6D4B #6ACC4B

split-complementary

#4BAACC #CC4B6A #CCAE4B

monochromatic

#23637A #308AAA #4BAACC #7BC1DA #AAD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4BAACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#4BAACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAACC

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAACC	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.102 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3db',
    500: '#4baacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baacc;
$custom-light: #8ac3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69482,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAACC

secondary

#D5AD9E

accent

#7049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAACC

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

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